Characterization of photoinduced isomerization and intersystem crossing of the cyanine dye Cy3
Characterization of photoinduced isomerization and intersystem crossing of the cyanine dye Cy3
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DOI:
10.1021/jp067843i
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发表时间:
2007-03-08
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Yang, Guoqiang
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作者:
Jia, Ke;Wan, Yan;Yang, Guoqiang
Several important photophysical properties of the cyanine dye Cy3 have been determined by laser flash photolysis. The triplet-state absorption and photoisomerization of Cy3 are distinguished by using the heavy-atom effects and oxygen-induced triplet -> triplet energy transfer. Furthermore, the triplet-state extinction coefficient and quantum yield of Cy3 are also measured via triplet-triplet energy-transfer method and comparative actinometry, respectively. It is found that the triplet -> triplet (T-1 -> T-n) absorptions of trans-Cy3 largely overlap the ground-state absorption of cis-Cy3. Unlike what occurred in Cy5, we have not observed the triplet-state T-1 -> T-n absorption of cis-Cy3 and the phosphorescence from triplet state of cis-Cy3 following a singlet excitation (S-0-S-1) of trans-Cy3, indicating the absence of a lowest cis-triplet state as an isomerization intermediate upon excitation in Cy3. The detailed spectra of Cy3 reported in this paper could help us interpret the complicated photophysics of cyanine dyes.