The water-soluble conjugated polyelectrolyte, poly[3-(1′-ethyloxy-2′-N- methylimidazole)thiophene](PEOIMT), was prepared. Its photophysical and electrochemical properties, and response characteristics to the external condition(e g, temperature response, solvent response and pH response), were investigated. The results show the PEOIMT belongs to the organic semiconductor. The interaction between the PEOIMT and the bovine serum albumin(BSA) was investigated using UV-vis spectroscopy. It was found that the PEOIMT could interact with the BSA. The PEOIMT can be used as a biosensor to detect the BSA.
With an aim to develop novel luminescence materials, europium and terbium complexes of 2, 5-(2-thiophene)-pyridine (TPY), 5, 5′-bis(5-(2, 2′-bithiophene))-2, 5-pyridine (B2TPY) and 5, 5′-bis(5-(2, 2′-bithiophene))-2, 2′-bipyridine (B2TBPY) were synthesized, and their luminescence properties were studied. The complexes exhibited ligand-sensitized emission, which was typical of Eu(Ⅲ) and Tb(Ⅲ) ions. The excitation spectra of Eu(Ⅲ) and Tb(Ⅲ) complexes with TPY (or B2TPY or B2TBPY) show similar bands as these with the ligands. It suggests that, the excitation energy is absorbed by TPY or B2TPY or B2TBPY, the energy transfers from its excited single state to its triplet state, and finally transfers from the ligands to Eu(Ⅲ) and Tb(Ⅲ) ions. The luminescence of Eu(Ⅲ) and Tb(Ⅲ) ions in the TPY or B2TPY or B2TBPY complexes indicates that the metal ions are efficiently excited by the absorbed energy from excitation of the ligands.
For the purpose of developing flexible organic photovoltaic devices, we have fabricated two flexible devices using 5-formyl- 2,20:50,200:500,2000-quaterthiophene (4T-CHO), 5-formyl-2,20:50, 200:500,2000:5000,20000-quinquethiophene (5T-CHO) and 3,4,9,10-peryle- netertracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA). The PET-ITO/4T-CHO/PTCDA/Al device has an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 1.56 V, photoelectric conversion efficiency of 0.77%. The PET-ITO/5T-CHO/PTCDA/Al device has a Voc of 1.70 V, photoelectric conversion efficiency of 0.84%. The two flexible devices have high Voc (1.56 and 1.70 V). It is possible that intermolecular hydrogen bonding between-CHO group of nT-CHO and carboxylic dianhydride of PTCDA contributes to enhancing the efficiency by promoting interfacial electron transfer and eliminating the subconducting band trap sites.
Ping LiuTu Hua ChenWan Zhang PanMing Sheng HuangWen Ji DengYu Liang MaiAn Bo Luan
