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Jia B, Li X, Liu W, Yang Z, Wang Y, Wang Z, Yang L, Liu Y, Fu Y. Multi-stimuli-responsive cyanostilbene derivatives: Their fluorescent and mechanochromic properties, and potential application in water sensing and anti-counterfeiting. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 318:124474. [PMID: 38763018 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
Abstract
In recent years, aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have witnessed numerous groundbreaking advances in fundamental theoretical research and functional applications. Notably, stimuli-responsive AIEgens have achieved remarkable results, demonstrating immense potential for application in various fields such as chemistry, materials science, biology, and medicine. Herein, two multi-stimuli-responsive cyanostilbene derivatives TPE-CNTPA and PH-CNTPA were synthesized by introducing tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and trifluoromethyl groups, respectively. Primarily, under the combined mechanism of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT), TPE-CNTPA and PH-CNTPA exhibit "on-off-on" fluorescent emission characteristics in solution. Secondly, under 365 nm ultraviolet light irradiation, the photo-induced isomerization of PH-CNTPA causes changes in photophysical property, demonstrating its responsiveness to ultraviolet light. In addition, TPE-CNTPA and PH-CNTPA exhibit high-contrast mechanochromic properties, providing broader possibilities for their potential applications in various fields. Moreover, owing to the unique fluorescence emission characteristics, TPE-CNTPA and PH-CNTP have enormous potential for application in the field of encryption anti-counterfeiting. Besides, PH-CNTPA can be utilized for the detection of trace water in single or mixed solvents, demonstrating outstanding sensitivity and anti-interference properties in different solvents. This research work reveals the potential in the fields of water sensing and anti-counterfeiting for these two multi-stimuli-responsive compounds.
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- Binbin Jia
- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Renewable Resource Utilization Technology, Harbin 150030, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Functional Molecule Design and Utilization of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, China.
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Zhang R, Chen Y, Liu Y. Light-Driven Reversible Multicolor Supramolecular Shuttle. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202315749. [PMID: 37971202 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Light-driven multicolor supramolecular systems mainly rely on the doping of dyes or a photo-reaction to produce unidirectional luminescence. Herein, we use visible light to drive the bidirectional reversible multicolor supramolecular shuttle from blue to green, white, yellow, up to orange by simple encapsulation of spiropyran-modified cyanostilbene (BCNMC) by the macrocyclic cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) monomer. The resultant host-guest complex displayed enhanced fluorescence properties, i.e. the multicolor fluorescence shuttle changed from blue to orange in the dark within 2 hours and reverted to the original state upon visible light irradiation for 30 s. Benefiting from the sensitivity of the spiropyran moiety to light, it can spontaneously isomerize from the ring-opened state to a ring-closed isomer in aqueous solution, and this photo-isomerization reaction is a reversible process under visible light irradiation, leading to the multicolor luminescence supramolecular shuttle as a result of intramolecular energy transfer. In addition, the light also drove the reversible conversion of the topological morphology of the host-guest complex from two-dimensional nanoplatelets to nanospheres. Different from the widely reported molecular rotaxane "shuttle", the spiropyran supramolecular shuttle confined in the macrocyclic host CB[8] not only modulated a reversible topological morphology by light but also exhibited multicolor luminescence, which was successfully applied in programmed and rewritable information encryption.
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- Rong Zhang
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Yin C, Yan ZA, Ma X. A supramolecular assembly strategy towards organic luminescent materials. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:13421-13433. [PMID: 37877212 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04051h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Supramolecular organic luminescent materials with different dimensionalities usually exhibit different optical properties as well as their potential applications in various fields. Recent reports showed that non-covalent interactions are useful tools to obtain diverse luminescent materials due to their dynamicity and reversibility, including π-π stacking, host-guest interactions, hydrophobic effects, hydrogen bonding, electrostatic effects and so on. In this review, we summarized recent progress in zero-, one-, two-, three-dimensional and disordered organic luminescent materials using the aforementioned strategies, in order to provide a solution for designing luminescent materials with specific structures and morphologies. The relationship between assembly behavior and luminescent properties is discussed in detail, along with the existing difficulties hindering the development of supramolecular assembly systems and future research directions.
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- Chenjia Yin
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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Zhang S, Hao A, Xing P. Solvent-resolved self-assemblies of cholesteryl-cyanostilbene conjugates with photo- and thermo-responsiveness. NANOSCALE 2023. [PMID: 37191115 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr01056b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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It remains challenging to construct multifunctional chiral stimulus-responsive molecules and to modulate their morphology at the nanoscale. In this paper, we synthesized a novel chiral molecule with both photoactive and potentially bioactive properties and found that the morphological changes of its self-assembly were influenced by solvent polarity and light exposure. This work enabled the synthesized molecule to undergo Z-E isomerization efficiently under light irradiation by introducing highly oriented hydrogen bonds into the cyanostilbene part. The photoisomerization of the cyanostilbene part from Z- to E-type was further exploited, leading to morphological changes from nanohelices to vesicles with chiroptical evolution. The light-modulated supramolecular chirality and nanostructure provide a green and efficient method for the design of responsive chiral materials.
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- Shuqing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
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Xiao T, Tang L, Ren D, Diao K, Li ZY, Sun XQ. Fluorescent Nanoassemblies in Water Exhibiting Tunable LCST Behavior and Responsive Light Harvesting Ability. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203463. [PMID: 36428221 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Responsive fluorescent nanomaterials have been received considerable attention in recent years. In this work, a bola-type amphiphilic molecule, CSO, was synthesized which contains a hydrophobic cyanostilbene core and hydrophilic oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) coils at both sides. The cyanostilbene group is aggregation-induced emission (AIE) active, while the OEG coils are thermo-responsive. As a result, the CSO molecules can self-assemble into blue-fluorescent nanoassemblies with lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior in aqueous media. It is noteworthy that the LCST behavior can be reversibly regulated with changes in concentration and the introduction of K+ . Intriguingly, fluorescence of CSO assembly shows a blue-shift upon heating. Finally, by employing CSO as a light capturing antenna and energy donor, an artificial light harvesting system with tunable emission and thermo-responsive characteristics was fabricated. This study not only demonstrates an integrated approach to create responsive fluorescent nanomaterials, but also shows great potential for producing luminescent materials and mimicking photosynthesis in nature.
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- Tangxin Xiao
- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China
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- Institute of Urban & Rural Mining, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China
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