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Pratakshya P, Xu C, Dibble DJ, Mukazhanova A, Liu P, Burke AM, Kurakake R, Lopez R, Dennison PR, Sharifzadeh S, Gorodetsky AA. Octopus-inspired deception and signaling systems from an exceptionally-stable acene variant. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8528. [PMID: 38135683 PMCID: PMC10746719 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40163-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Multifunctional platforms that can dynamically modulate their color and appearance have attracted attention for applications as varied as displays, signaling, camouflage, anti-counterfeiting, sensing, biomedical imaging, energy conservation, and robotics. Within this context, the development of camouflage systems with tunable spectroscopic and fluorescent properties that span the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral regions has remained exceedingly challenging because of frequently competing materials and device design requirements. Herein, we draw inspiration from the unique blue rings of the Hapalochlaena lunulata octopus for the development of deception and signaling systems that resolve these critical challenges. As the active material, our actuator-type systems incorporate a readily-prepared and easily-processable nonacene-like molecule with an ambient-atmosphere stability that exceeds the state-of-the-art for comparable acenes by orders of magnitude. Devices from this active material feature a powerful and unique combination of advantages, including straightforward benchtop fabrication, competitive baseline performance metrics, robustness during cycling with the capacity for autonomous self-repair, and multiple dynamic multispectral operating modes. When considered together, the described exciting discoveries point to new scientific and technological opportunities in the areas of functional organic materials, reconfigurable soft actuators, and adaptive photonic systems.
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- Preeta Pratakshya
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
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Negrin-Yuvero H, Mukazhanova A, Freixas VM, Tretiak S, Sharifzadeh S, Fernandez-Alberti S. Vibronic Photoexcitation Dynamics of Perylene Diimide: Computational Insights. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:733-741. [PMID: 35084863 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Perylene diimide (PDI) represents a prototype material for organic optoelectronic devices because of its strong optical absorbance, chemical stability, efficient energy transfer, and optical and chemical tunability. Herein, we analyze in detail the vibronic relaxation of its photoexcitation using nonadiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics simulations. We find that after the absorption of a photon, which excites the electron to the second excited state, S2, induced vibronic dynamics features persistent modulations in the spatial localization of electronic and vibrational excitations. These energy exchanges are dictated by strong vibronic couplings that overcome structural disorders and thermal fluctuations. Specifically, the electronic wavefunction periodically swaps between localizations on the right and left sides of the molecule. Within 1 ps of such dynamics, a nonradiative transition to the lowest electronic state, S1, takes place, resulting in a complete delocalization of the wavefunction. The observed vibronic dynamics emerges following the electronic energy deposition in the direction that excites a combination of two dominant vibrational normal modes. This behavior is maintained even with a chemical substitution that breaks the symmetry of the molecule. We believe that our findings elucidate the nature of the complex dynamics of the optically excited states and, therefore, contribute to the development of tunable functionalities of PDIs and their derivatives.
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- Hassiel Negrin-Yuvero
- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, Bernal B1876BXD, Argentina
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, Bernal B1876BXD, Argentina
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- Theoretical Division and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Mukazhanova A, Malone W, Negrin-Yuvero H, Fernandez-Alberti S, Tretiak S, Sharifzadeh S. Photoexcitation dynamics in perylene diimide dimers. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:244117. [PMID: 33380092 DOI: 10.1063/5.0031485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We utilize first-principles theory to investigate photo-induced excited-state dynamics of functionalized perylene diimide. This class of materials is highly suitable for solar energy conversion because of the strong optical absorbance, efficient energy transfer, and chemical tunability. We couple time-dependent density functional theory to a recently developed time-resolved non-adiabatic dynamics approach based on a semi-empirical description. By studying the monomer and dimer, we focus on the role stacking plays on the time-scales associated with excited-state non-radiative relaxation from a high excitonic state to the lowest energy exciton. We predict that the time-scale for energy conversion in the dimer is significantly faster than that in the monomer when equivalent excited states are accounted for. Additionally, for the dimer, the decay from the second to the nearly degenerate lowest energy excited-state involves two time-scales: a rapid decay on the order of ∼10 fs followed by a slower decay of ∼100 fs. Analysis of the spatial localization of the electronic transition density during the internal conversion process points out the existence of localized states on individual monomers, indicating that the strength of thermal fluctuations exceeds electronic couplings between the states such that the exciton hops between localized states throughout the simulation.
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- Aliya Mukazhanova
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Theoretical Division and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, Roque Saenz Peña 352, B1876BXD Bernal, Argentina
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- Theoretical Division and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Mukazhanova A, Trerayapiwat KJ, Mazaheripour A, Wardrip AG, Frey NC, Nguyen H, Gorodetsky AA, Sharifzadeh S. Accurate First-Principles Calculation of the Vibronic Spectrum of Stacked Perylene Tetracarboxylic Acid Diimides. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:3055-3063. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Aliya Mukazhanova
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92967, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92967, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92967, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92967, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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