Abstract:
We studied the photophysical processes of halogenated fluorescein derivatives (eosin (E), erythrosine (ER), and Rose Bengal (RB)) in aqueous micellar solutions using dynamic light scattering and stationary and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. The introduction of dye molecules into reverse AOT micelles causes an increase in their hydrodynamic radii $R_{h}$. The kinetics of fluorescence of the studied dye molecules in reverse micelles was investigated. The average time $\langle\tau\rangle$ of the excited state decreases with increasing $R_h$ for eosin, erythrosine, and Rose Bengal, which is associated with an increase in the mobility of water molecules and a weakening of the effect of geometric limitation of dye molecules. The degrees of fluorescence anisotropy $r$ of dye molecules in reverse micelles were measured; the $r$ values in micellar systems are greater than in aqueous solutions and decrease with increasing $R_{h}$. For the studied dye molecules in micellar systems, the rotational correlation time $\theta$ was determined, which decreases for all studied dyes with increasing $R_{h}$, which indicates a decrease in the microviscosity of a limited aqueous medium inside the micelle. It is found that $\theta_{\mathrm{E}}>\theta_{\mathrm{ER}}>\theta_{\mathrm{BR}}$; that is, the effect of the internal heavy atom appears in the value of the rotational correlation time.
Keywords:
dyes, halogenated fluorescein derivatives, reverse micelles, dynamic light scattering, spectra, fluorescence anisotropy, average excited state lifetime, rotational correlation time.
Citation:
O. I. Volkova, A. A. Kuleshova, B. N. Korvatovskiǐ, A. M. Saletskii, “Photophysical processes in molecules of halogenated fluorescein derivatives in anionic reverse micelles”, Optics and Spectroscopy, 128:12 (2020), 1842–1848; Optics and Spectroscopy, 128:12 (2020), 1970–1977