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Nalavadath ST, Maniappan S, Mandal A, Kumar J. Clustering triggered emissive liquid crystalline template for dual mode upconverted and downconverted circularly polarized luminescence. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:13571-13579. [PMID: 38953233 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr00865k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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Liquid crystalline materials have attracted significant attention in chiroptical research due to their ability to form long range ordered helical superstructures. Research focus has been on exploiting the unique properties of liquid crystalline materials to demonstrate highly dissymmetric circularly polarised luminescent (CPL) systems. In this study, we present a thermally driven, facile approach to fabricate CPL-active materials utilizing cholesteryl benzoate as the active substrate. Cholesteryl benzoate, a well-known thermotropic liquid crystal, has been found to manifest intriguing optical characteristics upon subjecting to repeated heating-cooling cycles. Despite the absence of conventional fluorescent moieties, the material exhibited luminescence through aggregation induced clustering triggered emission mechanism. Systematic investigations revealed excitation-dependent CPL for solid cholesteryl benzoate films when subjected to multiple thermal cycles. The excited state chiroptical investigation performed after multiple thermal cycles showed a luminescence anisotropy (glum) of 8 × 10-2, which is a high value for simple organic molecules. Moreover, upon co-assembly with lanthanide-based upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs), the hybrid system demonstrated upconverted circularly polarised luminescence (UC-CPL). Benefiting from the ability to endow upconversion nanoparticles of various sizes, fabrication of UCNP-ChB hybrid nanocomposites exhibiting multicoloured upconversion CPL was demonstrated. These findings highlight the potential of liquid crystalline materials for diverse applications, including 3D optical displays and anticounterfeiting technologies.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India.
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Du Y, Liu Y, Li J, He Y, Li Y, Yan H. Nonconventional Luminescent Piperazine-Containing Hyperbranched Polysiloxanes with Pure n-electron. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2302095. [PMID: 37267933 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Nonconventional luminogens with high quantum yield (QY) possess very potential applications in various fields. However, the preparation of such luminogens remains a great challenge. Herein, the first example of piperazine-containing hyperbranched polysiloxane exhibiting blue and green fluorescence is reported under the irradiation of different excitation wavelength and a high QY of 20.9%. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental results revealed that the through-space conjugation (TSC) within the clusters of N and O atoms is produced via the induction of multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonds and flexible SiO units, which is accountable for the fluorescence. Meanwhile, the introduction of the rigid piperazine units not only rigidifies the conformation, but also enhances the TSC. In addition, the fluorescence of both P1 and P2 shows concentration-, excitation-, and solvent-dependent emission, especially exhibits significant pH-dependent emission and obtains an ultrahigh QY of 82.6% at pH 5. The synthetic luminogens show excellent applications in fluorescence detection for Fe3+ and Co2+ , information encryption, and fluorescent film. This study provides a novel strategy to rationally design high-efficiency nonconventional luminogens.
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- Yuqun Du
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030051, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030051, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030051, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhaoqing Medical College, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, 526000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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Clustering-triggered phosphorescence of nonconventional luminophores. Sci China Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1378-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Shi QX, Xiao H, Sheng YJ, Li DS, Su M, Sun XL, Bao H, Wan WM. Barbier single-atom polymerization induced emission as a one-pot approach towards stimuli-responsive luminescent polymers. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00816e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A one-pot strategy for the design of stimuli-responsive luminescent polymers has been demonstrated through Barbier PIE, where the N,N-dimethyl moiety endows the polymers with both stimuli-responsive and red-shifted nonconjugated emission properties.
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- Quan-Xi Shi
- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Polymer Green Recycling of Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Polymer Green Recycling of Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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Tang S, Yang T, Zhao Z, Zhu T, Zhang Q, Hou W, Yuan WZ. Nonconventional luminophores: characteristics, advancements and perspectives. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:12616-12655. [PMID: 34610056 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01087a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nonconventional luminophores devoid of remarkable conjugates have attracted considerable attention due to their unique luminescence behaviors, updated luminescence mechanism of organics and promising applications in optoelectronic, biological and medical fields. Unlike classic luminogens consisting of molecular segments with greatly extended electron delocalization, these unorthodox luminophores generally possess nonconjugated structures based on subgroups such as ether (-O-), hydroxyl (-OH), halogens, carbonyl (CO), carboxyl (-COOH), cyano (CN), thioether (-S-), sulfoxide (SO), sulfone (OSO), phosphate, and aliphatic amine, as well as their grouped functionalities like amide, imide, anhydride and ureido. They can exhibit intriguing intrinsic luminescence, generally featuring concentration-enhanced emission, aggregation-induced emission, excitation-dependent luminescence and prevailing phosphorescence. Herein, we review the recent progress in exploring these nonconventional luminophores and discuss the current challenges and future perspectives. Notably, different mechanisms are reviewed and the clustering-triggered emission (CTE) mechanism is highlighted, which emphasizes the clustering of the above mentioned electron rich moieties and consequent electron delocalization along with conformation rigidification. The CTE mechanism seems widely applicable for diversified natural, synthetic and supramolecular systems.
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- Saixing Tang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang, Shanghai 200240, China.
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