The ability of 2,5-disubstituted oxazole dyes derivatives to generate two-photon upconversion photoluminescence and its brightness evaluation

The brightness study of emissive compounds is one of the fundamental spectroscopic characterizations. In this work, we assessed the brightness values of eight 2,5-disubstituted oxazole dyes derivatives by combining linear and nonlinear spectroscopic parameters. The range of the brightness values obtained is from 0.26 GM to 15.15 GM. The highest value belongs to compound 14 m, which, compared to previously investigated compounds of similar π-conjugation length, is at least two times higher. Brightness values were determined in the spectral region between 700 nm–720 nm, revealing this class of dyes' potential to be used as photoluminescence bioprobes excited by two-photons.