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Molecular engineering of logic gate types by module rearrangement in ‘Pourbaix Sensors’: the effect of excited-state electric fields

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Two types of fluorescent logic gates are accessed from two different arrangements of the same modular components, one as an AND logic gate (1) and the other as a PASS 0 logic gate (2). The logic gates were designed with an 'electron-donor-spacer 1-fluorophore-spacer 2-receptor' format and demonstrated in 1 : 1 (v/v) methanol/water. The molecules consist of ferrocene as the electron donor, 4-aminonaphthali-mide as the fluorophore and a tertiary alkylamine as the receptor. In the presence of high H + and Fe 3+ levels, regioisomers 1a and 1b switch 'on' as AND logic gates with fluorescence enhancement ratios of 16-fold and 10-fold, respectively, while regioisomers 2a and 2b are functionally dormant, exhibiting no fluorescence switching. The PASS 0 logic of 2a and 2b results from the transfer of an electron from the excited state fluorophore to the ferrocenium unit under oxidising conditions as predicted by DFT calculations. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy provided lifetimes of 8.3 ns and 8.1 ns for 1a and 1b, respectively. The transient signal recovery rate of 1b is ∼10 ps while that of 2b is considerably longer on the nanosecond timescale. The divergent logic attributes of 1 and 2 highlight the importance of field effects and opens up a new approach for regulating logic-based molecules.
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Jake C Spiteri, Sergey Denisov, Gediminas Jonusauskas, Sylwia Klejna, Konrad Szaciłowski, et al.. Molecular engineering of logic gate types by module rearrangement in ‘Pourbaix Sensors’: the effect of excited-state electric fields. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16 (34), pp.6195-6201. ⟨10.1039/c8ob00485d⟩. ⟨hal-01955955⟩
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