Methacrylate-based copolymers as tunable hosts for triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion.

ABSTRACT: The ability to convert light to higher energies through triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) is attractive for a range of applications including solar energy harvesting, bioimaging and anti-counterfeiting. Practical applications require integration of the TTA-UC chromophores within a suitable host, which leads to a compromise between the high upconversion efficiencies achievable in liquids and the durability of solids. Herein, we present a series of methacrylate copolymers as TTA-UC hosts, in which the glass transition temperature (T _g), and hence upconversion efficiency can be tuned by varying the co-monomer ratios (n-hexyl methacrylate (HMA) and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate (TFEMA)). Using the model sensitiser/emitter pair of palladium(ii) octa

SUBMITTER: Bennison MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11718357 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature