A star-shaped triazine-BODIPY trimer with fluorene spacers: synthesis, aggregation, and environment-dependent photophysical properties

Laxmipriya Nayak, Harshal V Barkale, Subhadeep Acharya, Supriya Routray, Simran Pattnaik, Nilanjan Dey, Rashmirekha Satapathy · 2026

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Laxmipriya Nayak and six colleagues synthesize a star shaped dye built from a triazine core, fluorene arms, and three BODIPY units. BODIPY dyes glow brightly and hold up under light, making them favorites for imaging and sensing. The team charted how the new trimer absorbs and emits light across solvents of rising polarity, using steady and time resolved glow measures plus particle sizing.

Glow stayed strong in nonpolar fluids yet faded in polar and watery ones, where clumping quenched it and shifted its color. Thick, viscous mixes revived the glow by freezing inner motion. A common base slightly dimmed it, hinting at electron transfer paths. Nayak and the team present the star as a scaffold for dyes that answer their surroundings.

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CREATORLaxmipriya Nayak, Harshal V Barkale, Subhadeep Acharya, Supriya Routray, Simran Pattnaik, Nilanjan Dey, Rashmirekha Satapathy
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
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LICENSEhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13592504

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