Control and understanding of chromophore conformations are generally driven by their applications for construction of fast and efficient electronic devices. However, solid-state emission required for industrial applications is generally complicated by fluorophore aggregation, which results in significant fluorescence quenching. Coordinative immobilization of chromophores inside a rigid scaffold can turn-on their emission and significantly affect their lifetime and quantum efficiency, key characteristics of any fluorophore. Utilization of metal-organic framework (MOF) as a tunable rigid matrix for chromophores in combination with MOF high surface area creates a new avenue towards design of porous tunable sensors operating at a wide temperature range.

Chromophore photophysics defined by metal-organic frameworks

247th National Meeting (2014)

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