Molecular-Doped Protein-Based Elastomers as a Versatile Platform for Energy-Transfer Studies and Emissive Down-Converting Polymers for Light-Emitting Applications

• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05839
• Publication Date: 2023-07-24T16:26:57Z
• Authors: Ramesh Nandi; Anna Orieshyna; Nadav Amdursky
• Keywords: Chromophore

Much effort is being employed for designing "green" environmental emissive materials that are capable of color-tuning, i.e., down-converting the emission, and white-light generation (WLG). Here, we introduce a protein-based elastomer can noncovalently bind variety chromophores while preventing their aggregation. Such binding capabilities unique to albumin-based use here in process refer as "molecular doping". In first part this study, explore energy transfer across five different within protein matrix, where closely packed chromophore organization enables high energy-transfer efficiencies among them. second part, show easy control blue, green, red biopolymer, resulting tunable emission properties film WLG. The highly affordable chosen straightforward molecular doping strategy make our elastomers an attractive choice material, either scaffold investigating proteins or possible integration light-emitting applications.