Emission ellipsometry used to probe aggregation of the luminescent 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole dyes and ordering in an E7 liquid crystal matrix
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Paulo Alliprandini Filho, Gustavo G. Dalkiranis, Raigna A. S. Z. Armond, Eralci M. Therézio, Ivan H. Bechtold, André A. Vieira, Rodrigo Cristiano, Hugo Gallardo, Osvaldo N. Oliveira, Jr.
The incorporation of dyes in liquid crystal matrices has been exploited to produce enhanced displays, but it can also be used to probe ordering in liquid crystals and to assess intermolecular interactions and dye aggregation. In this study, we investigated polarized absorption and emission of the luminescent dyes 4,7-bis(2-(4-(decyloxy)phenyl)ethynyl)-[2,1,3]-benzothiadiazole (1A) and 4,7-bis{2-[4-(4-decylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]ethynyl}-[2,1,3]-benzothiadiazole (5A) in the E7® liquid crystal. The electronic structures of both 1A and 5A dyes were affected by the matrix and by the analysis of the line shape of emission we could determine that the dyes form J aggregates. This achievement is significant because obtaining this type of information for small molecules requires ordered matrices, which is difficult to obtain for these dyes. Using emission ellipsometry we were able to determine the ordering of the E7 molecules, but this was possible only with the larger 5A dye. The smaller 1A was not entirely ordered in the E7 matrix and this calls for caution in other types of work where dopants are used as probes to infer the properties of the matrix. The emission ellipsometry data for the dyes allowed us to detect the enhanced birefringence in the matrix, thus confirming the theoretical prediction.
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