Issue 14, 2024

Discriminatory fluorescence and FRET in the chiral-perovskite/RhB system

Abstract

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) holds a significant position in various natural and artificial systems, especially within donor–acceptor systems encompassing chiral components. Despite extensive investigations, a clear understanding of the effects of chirality and FRET on discriminatory fluorescence remains elusive. Here, chiral perovskite nanowires (CPNWs) and achiral rhodamine B (RhB) are employed to examine the FRET and discriminatory fluorescence behavior in a donor–acceptor system involving a chiral nanostructure. A notable FRET from the CPNWs to RhB is observed, along with circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) activities in RhB. Although the FRET interaction remains consistent over time, a notable inversion in the polarity preference of the CD and CPL of RhB is observed. This reveals that the discriminatory fluorescence of the acceptor arises from the electromagnetic influence of the chiral donor. These findings elucidate that “chirality”, as a property related to spatial orientation, cannot accompany the transfer of energy (which is a scalar) from chiral nanostructures to achiral molecules, which helps advance the understanding of the discriminatory fluorescence in the donor–acceptor system with a chiral nanostructure.

Graphical abstract: Discriminatory fluorescence and FRET in the chiral-perovskite/RhB system

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Oct 2023
Accepted
16 Mar 2024
First published
25 Mar 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 10515-10519

Discriminatory fluorescence and FRET in the chiral-perovskite/RhB system

H. Li, Y. Cui, M. Tao, S. Sun, X. Yan and Y. Xiao, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 10515 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP05277J

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