Affiliation:
1. College of Chemistry State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐Organic Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
Abstract
AbstractA light controllable two‐photon near‐infrared (NIR) optical probe is conveniently constructed by multivalent supramolecular co‐assembly of amphiphilic sulfonatocalix[4]arene (SC4A), tricationic triphenylamine (TPA), and diarylethene derivative (DE). The obtained results indicate that the formed SC4A/TPA nanoparticle displays assemble‐confined behaviors and enhances the two‐photon excited NIR emission. Benefiting from the reversible ring‐opened and closed behaviors of the DE under 365 and > 600 nm light irradiation, the dicationic DE in the assembly could act as an energy acceptor after 365 nm light irradiation, then the co‐assembly of SC4A/TPA/DE could achieve a NIR fluorescence ON and OFF switch and is successfully applied in HeLa cell imaging, providing a convenient approach to supramolecular two‐photon switch for cell imaging.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials