Search for improved triplet-state quenchers for fluorescence imaging: a computational framework incorporating excited-state Baird-aromaticity
Ouissam El Bakouri, Matthew A. Johnson, Joshua R. Smith, Avik Kumar Pati, Maxwell I. Martin, Scott C. Blanchard, Henrik Ottosson
Abstract
Towards the goal of advancing self-healing organic fluorophore technologies, we computationally identify specific 7-membered ring molecules that exhibit much faster triplet relaxation rates than cyclooctatetraene, the current standard in the field.
Topics & Concepts
CyclooctatetraeneFluorophoreFluorescenceExcited stateTriplet stateAromaticityPhotochemistryChemistryState (computer science)Computer scienceMoleculePhysicsAtomic physicsQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryAlgorithmSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies