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Organic dyes such as water soluble porphyrins were incorporated into monodispersed SiO2 particles using the sol-gel technique (the Stober synthesis) and their monomeric and dimeric properties were investigated by aiming at the microcavity effect. Doping efficiencies of dyes into SiO2 particles depended on dye's hydrophilic properties. The doping efficiency of a porphyrin, TTMAPP, decreased with increasing the nominal content in the starting solution and the doping content showed the maximum value of 1.6×10−5 mol/g SiO2. With increasing the TTMAPP content, spectra of doped particles were changed from dimeric to monomeric nature; the absorption peak due to dimers disappeared and halfwidth of absorption at Soret band decreased. This unusual change was caused by the decrease of particle sizes by dye doping. The TTMAPP-doped sample having monomeric spectrum showed the fluorescence life time of 8.5 nsec and photochemical hole burning at about 5 K.
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Shibata, S., Taniguchi, T., Yano, T. et al. Spherical dye-doped silica particles. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 2, 755–759 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00486344
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