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Hu H, Zeng D, Ming JB, Yan Y, Wang W. Highly Efficient Multicolor-Emitting Tetraphenylethylene-Based Organic Salts with Commercialization Prospects. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:36851-36861. [PMID: 38953487 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c03180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
Abstract
Since the discovery of aggregation-induced emission from tetraphenylethylene derivatives, various methods have been explored to prepare highly efficient multicolored luminescent materials. Herein, we report a simple and efficient strategy for constructing luminescent organic salts of the tetracationic luminogen, tetrapyridinium-tetraphenylethylene (T4Py-TPE4+), combined with seven di- and tetra-anionic aromatic sulfonate ligands. When aqueous solutions of the cationic luminogen and the anionic ligands were mixed, they rapidly aggregated into organic salts within seconds to minutes, giving yields of up to >90%. This was accompanied by an increase in the emission efficiency from ∼58% to almost 100%, and the ability to tune the emission color between 511 and 586 nm. These improvements were mainly attributed to the strong electrostatic attractions between the cation and anions, which resulted in the formation of a rigid hydrophobic network of the T4Py-TPE4+ luminogen with various π-conjugation lengths. Because these compounds are commercially available, this method opens the possibility of fabricating novel light-emitting materials for device fabrication and research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Huifen Hu
- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Xie Z, Liu D, Zhao Z, Gao C, Wang P, Jiang C, Liu X, Zhang X, Ren Z, Yan S, Hu W, Dong H. High Mobility Emissive Excimer Organic Semiconductor Towards Color-Tunable Light-Emitting Transistors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202319380. [PMID: 38246876 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319380] [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: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
Abstract
Organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs) are highly integrated and minimized optoelectronic devices with significant potential superiority in smart displays and optical communications. To realize these various applications, it is urgently needed for color-tunable emission in OLETs, but remains a great challenge as a result of the difficulty for designing organic semiconductors simultaneously integrating high carrier mobility, strong solid-state emission, and the ability for potential tunable colors. Herein, a high mobility emissive excimer organic semiconductor, 2,7-di(2-anthryl)-9H-fluorene (2,7-DAF) was reasonably designed by introducing a rotatable carbon-carbon single bond connecting two anthracene groups at the 2,7-sites of fluorene, and the small torsion angles simultaneously guarantee effective conjugation and suppress fluorescence quenching. Indeed, the unique stable dimer arrangement and herringbone packing mode of 2,7-DAF single crystal enables its superior integrated optoelectronic properties with high carrier mobility of 2.16 cm2 ⋅ V-1 ⋅ s-1 , and strong excimer emission with absolute photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 47.4 %. Furthermore, the voltage-dependent electrically induced color-tunable emission from orange to blue was also demonstrated for an individual 2,7-DAF single crystal based OLETs for the first time. This work opens the door for a new class of high mobility emissive excimer organic semiconductors, and provides a good platform for the study of color-tunable OLETs.
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Grants
- 2022YFB3603800, 2018YFA0703200 Ministry of Science and Technology
- 52233010, 52103245, 61890943, 22021002, 51725304 and 22305252 Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- YSBR-053 Training Program for Excellent Young Innovators of Changsha
- 2023YFB3609000, 2022YFB3603800, 2018YFA0703200 Ministry of Science and Technology of China
- 52233010, 52103245, 22021002, and 22305252 Natural Science Foundation of China
- YSBR-053 CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research
- BNLMS-CXXM-202012 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- 2023M733555 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- GZB20230771 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF
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Affiliation(s)
- Ziyi Xie
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Feng X, Wang X, Redshaw C, Tang BZ. Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:6715-6753. [PMID: 37694728 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00251a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
Abstract
Molecular aggregates are self-assembled from multiple molecules via weak intermolecular interactions, and new chemical and physical properties can emerge compared to their individual molecule. With the development of aggregate science, much research has focused on the study of the luminescence behaviour of aggregates rather than single molecules. Pyrene as a classical fluorophore has attracted great attention due to its diverse luminescence behavior depending on the solution state, molecular packing pattern as well as morphology, resulting in wide potential applications. For example, pyrene prefers to emit monomer emission in dilute solution but tends to form a dimer via π-π stacking in the aggregation state, resulting in red-shifted emission with quenched fluorescence and quantum yield. Over the past two decades, much effort has been devoted to developing novel pyrene-based fluorescent molecules and determining the luminescence mechanism for potential applications. Since the concept of "aggregation-induced emission (AIE)" was proposed by Tang et al. in 2001, aggregate science has been established, and the aggregated luminescence behaviour of pyrene-based materials has been extensively investigated. New pyrene-based emitters have been designed and synthesized not only to investigate the relationships between the molecular structure and properties and advanced applications but also to examine the effect of the aggregate morphology on their optical and electronic properties. Indeed, new aggregated pyrene-based molecules have emerged with unique properties, such as circularly polarized luminescence, excellent fluorescence and phosphorescence and electroluminescence, ultra-high mobility, etc. These properties are independent of their molecular constituents and allow for a number of cutting-edge technological applications, such as chemosensors, organic light-emitting diodes, organic field effect transistors, organic solar cells, Li-batteries, etc. Reviews published to-date have mainly concentrated on summarizing the molecular design and multi-functional applications of pyrene-based fluorophores, whereas the aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials has received very little attention. The majority of the multi-functional applications of pyrene molecules are not only closely related to their molecular structures, but also to the packing model they adopt in the aggregated state. In this review, we will summarize the intriguing optoelectronic properties of pyrene-based luminescent materials boosted by aggregation behaviour, and systematically establish the relationship between the molecular structure, aggregation states, and optoelectronic properties. This review will provide a new perspective for understanding the luminescence and electronic transition mechanism of pyrene-based materials and will facilitate further development of pyrene chemistry.
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- Xing Feng
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, School of Material and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, School of Material and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China.
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- Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, Yorkshire HU6 7RX, UK.
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), Guangdong 518172, China.
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Liu L, Pan Y, Ye L, Zhang T, Chen Y, Liang C, Chen D, Mou X, Dong X, Cai Y. Space and Bond Synergistic Conjugation Controlling Multiple-Aniline NIR-II Absorption for Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2301116. [PMID: 37541296 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
Abstract
Currently, clinical photothermal therapy (PTT) is greatly limited by the poor tissue penetration of the excitation light sources in visible (390-780 nm) and first near-infrared (NIR-I, 780-900 nm) window. Herein, based on space and bond synergistic conjugation, a multiple-aniline organic small molecule (TPD), is synthesized for high-efficiency second near-infrared (NIR-II, 900-1700 nm) photoacoustic imaging guided PTT. With the heterogeneity of six nitrogen atoms in TPD, the lone electrons on the nitrogen atom and the π bond orbital on the benzene ring form multielectron conjugations with highly delocalized state, which endowed TPD with strong NIR-II absorption (maximum peak at 925 nm). Besides, according to the single molecular reorganization, the alkyl side chains on TPD make more free space for intramolecular motion to enhance the photothermal conversion ability. Forming TPD nanoparticles (NPs) in J-aggregation, they show a further bathochromic-shifted absorbance (maximum peak at 976 nm) as well as a high photothermal conversion efficiency (66.7%) under NIR-II laser irradiation. In vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrate that TPD NPs can effectively inhibit the growth of tumors without palpable side effects. The study provides a novel NIR-II multiple-aniline structure based on multielectron hyperconjugation, and opens a new design thought for photothermal agents.
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- Longcai Liu
- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211816, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211816, China
- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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Ravi S, Nithiasri PR, Karthikeyan S, Pannipara M, Al-Sehemi AG, Moon D, Anthony SP. Carbazole fluorophore with an imidazole/thiazole unit: contrasting stimuli-induced fluorescence switching, water-sensing and deep-blue emission. RSC Adv 2023; 13:12476-12482. [PMID: 37091617 PMCID: PMC10119750 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01897k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Carbazole-based, π-conjugated donor-acceptor fluorophores were synthesized by integrating imidazole/thiazole units. Then, we investigated the impact of subtle structural changes on fluorescence properties. Carbazole integrated with imidazole (Cz-I) and carbazole integrated with thiazole (Cz-T) showed strong fluorescence in solution (quantum yield (Φ f) = 0.18 (Cz-I) and 0.14 (Cz-T) compared with the standard quinine sulfate) and solid-state (Φ f = 8.0% (Cz-I) and 14.6% (Cz-T)). Cz-I showed relatively more blue-shifted emission in solution compared with the solid-state (λ max = 417 nm (CH3CN) and 460 nm (solid)). Cz-T exhibited deep-blue emission in the solid-state compared with solution (λ max = 455 nm (CH3CN) and 418 nm (solid)). Interestingly, Cz-T exhibited a drastic change in fluorescence in organic solvents (CH3CN, THF, CH3OH, DMSO) with a low percentage (1%) of water. Cz-I showed reversible fluorescence switching between two fluorescence states upon exposure to trifluoracetic acid (TFA)/ammonia (NH3). In contrast, Cz-T displayed reversible/self-reversible off-on fluorescence switching upon exposure to TFA or NH3. Mechanofluorochromic studies of Cz-I showed a slight reduction in fluorescence intensity upon crushing and reversal to the initial state upon heating. Cz-T exhibited off-on reversible/self-reversible fluorescence switching upon crushing/heating. Computational studies indicated that thiazole integration improved the electron-withdrawing characteristics compared with imidazole and contributed to contrasting fluorescence responses. Thus, a simple change of nitrogen with sulfur produced contrasting self-assembly in the solid-state that led to different functional properties and stimuli-induced fluorescence switching.
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- Sasikala Ravi
- School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University Thanjavur 613401 Tamil Nadu India
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- School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University Thanjavur 613401 Tamil Nadu India
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- PG and Research Department of Chemistry, Khadir Mohideen College (Affiliated to Bharathidasan Univ.) Adirampattinam Tamil Nadu India
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science, King Khalid University Abha 61413 Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, King Khalid University Abha 61413 Saudi Arabia
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science, King Khalid University Abha 61413 Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, King Khalid University Abha 61413 Saudi Arabia
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- Beamline Department, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory 80 Jigokro-127 Beongil, Nam-gu Pohang Gyeongbuk South Korea
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Thu P, Han M. Role of Sterically Bulky Azobenzenes in the Molecular Assembly of Pyrene Derivatives: Rectangular Sheet-like Structures and Their Emission Characteristics. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054504. [PMID: 36901934 PMCID: PMC10003733 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of pyrene-based fluorescent assembled systems with desirable emission characteristics by reducing conventional concentration quenching and/or aggregation-induced quenching (ACQ) is highly desirable. In this investigation, we designed a new azobenzene-functionalized pyrene derivative (AzPy) in which sterically bulky azobenzene is linked to pyrene. Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic results before and after molecular assembly indicate that even in a dilute N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solution (~10 μM), AzPy molecules experienced significant concentration quenching, whereas the emission intensities of AzPy DMF-H2O turbid suspensions containing self-assembled aggregates were slightly enhanced and showed similar values regardless of the concentration. The shape and size of sheet-like structures, from incomplete flakes less than one micrometer in size to well-completed rectangular microstructures, could be adjusted by changing the concentration. Importantly, such sheet-like structures exhibit concentration dependence of their emission wavelength from blue to yellow-orange. Comparison with the precursor (PyOH) demonstrates that the introduction of a sterically twisted azobenzene moiety plays an important role in converting the spatial molecular arrangements from H- to J-type aggregation mode. Thus, AzPy chromophores grow into anisotropic microstructures through inclined J-type aggregation and high crystallinity, which are responsible for their unexpected emission characteristics. Our findings provide useful insight into the rational design of fluorescent assembled systems.
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Lafzi F, Taskesenligil Y, Canımkurbey B, Pıravadılı S, Kilic H, Saracoglu N. Four-Winged Propeller-Shaped Indole-Modified and Indole-Substituted Tetraphenylethylenes: Greenish-Blue Emitters with Aggregation-Induced Emission Features for Conventional Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:44322-44337. [PMID: 36506174 PMCID: PMC9730769 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is an extraordinary photochemical phenomenon described by Tang's group in 2001, where the aggregation of some organic molecules enhances their light emission by limiting intramolecular activity in the aggregate state. This phenomenon offers new opportunities for researchers due to its potential applications in optoelectronics, energy, and biophysics. Tetraphenylethylenes (TPEs) are reliable AIE luminogens with a wide range of successful applications in material chemistry. To expand the library of AIE-active TPEs, both a series of TPE analogues, in which the phenyl rotor has been replaced by the indole ring, and indole-substituted TPE derivatives were designed and synthesized through vinyl-aryl and aryl-aryl bond formations using the Suzuki coupling reaction. Efficient synthetic routes that delivered indole-modified and indole-substituted TPEs have been developed, and almost all heterocyclic TPE analogues have demonstrated AIE behavior. Furthermore, to test whether the indole ring can be diversified, two title compounds were converted to a series of bis(indolyl)methane (BIM), and these BIM-TPE materials showed typical AIE properties. Interestingly, two compounds indicated a solvent vapor fuming reversible switch between bright blue emission and greenish-yellow emission. Upon fuming with dichloromethane, their fluorescence spectra showed 8 and 32 nm red-shift and could return to the original state after fuming with hexane. Furthermore, we have explored the effects of replacing the phenyl ring in TPE with indole together with the substitution of TPE with indole ring(s) on the performance of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device applications. In addition, density functional theory calculations; the optical, electrochemical, light emission, electroluminescence characteristics; and admittance spectroscopic analysis of OLED devices of four representative TPEs have been investigated in detail. As a result, the indole-TPEs are potential blue emitters with AIE features for conventional OLEDs, which is a significant color in displays and lighting.
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- Ferruh Lafzi
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk
University, Erzurum25240, Türkiye
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk
University, Erzurum25240, Türkiye
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- Sabuncuoglu
Serefeddin Health Services Vocational School, Amasya University, Amasya05100, Türkiye
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- Materials
Technologies, Marmara Research Center (MAM), The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Gebze, Kocaeli 41470, Türkiye
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk
University, Erzurum25240, Türkiye
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk
University, Erzurum25240, Türkiye
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Monika, Verma A, Tiwari MK, Subba N, Saha S. From ACQ to AIE: The CN(π)-(π)Ar interaction driven structural and photophysical properties of aromatic ring conjugated novel diaminomaleonitrile derivatives. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Appiarius Y, Gliese PJ, Segler SAW, Rusch P, Zhang J, Gates PJ, Pal R, Malaspina LA, Sugimoto K, Neudecker T, Bigall NC, Grabowsky S, Bakulin AA, Staubitz A. BN-Substitution in Dithienylpyrenes Prevents Excimer Formation in Solution and in the Solid State. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:4563-4576. [PMID: 35299818 PMCID: PMC8919264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Boron-nitrogen substitutions in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have a strong impact on the optical properties of the molecules due to a significantly more heterogeneous electron distribution. However, besides these single-molecule properties, the observed optical properties of PAHs critically depend on the degree of intermolecular interactions such as π-π-stacking, dipolar interactions, or the formation of dimers in the excited state. Pyrene is the most prominent example showing the latter as it exhibits a broadened and strongly bathochromically shifted emission band at high concentrations in solution compared to the respective monomers. In the solid state, the impact of intermolecular interactions is even higher as it determines the crystal packing crucially. In this work, a thiophene-flanked BN-pyrene (BNP) was synthesized and compared with its all-carbon analogue (CCP) in solution and in the solid state by means of crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. In solution, PL spectroscopy revealed the solvent-dependent presence of excimers of CCP at high concentrations. In contrast, no excimers were found in BNP. Clear differences were also observed in the single-crystal packing motifs. While CCP revealed overlapped pyrene planes with centroid distances in the range of classical π-stacking interactions, the BNP scaffolds were displaced and significantly more spatially separated.
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- Yannik Appiarius
- Institute
for Analytical and Organic Chemistry, University
of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- MAPEX
Center for Materials and Processes, University
of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße
1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute
for Analytical and Organic Chemistry, University
of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- MAPEX
Center for Materials and Processes, University
of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße
1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute
for Analytical and Organic Chemistry, University
of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- MAPEX
Center for Materials and Processes, University
of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße
1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstraße 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Cluster
of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering—Innovation
Across Disciplines), Leibniz University
Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 J J Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE Cambridge, U.K.
- College of
Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National
University of Defense Technology, 410073 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1TS Bristol, U.K.
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry and Crystallography, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry and Crystallography, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Japan Synchrotron
Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- MAPEX
Center for Materials and Processes, University
of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße
1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- Institute for Physical and Theoretical
Chemistry, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials
Science, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstraße 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Cluster
of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering—Innovation
Across Disciplines), Leibniz University
Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry and Crystallography, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 J J Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE Cambridge, U.K.
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College
London, Imperial College Rd, SW7 2AZ London, U.K.
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- Institute
for Analytical and Organic Chemistry, University
of Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
- MAPEX
Center for Materials and Processes, University
of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße
1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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Jiang X, Tao W, Chen C, Xu G, Zhang H, Wei P. An unexpected non-conjugated AIEgen with a discrete dimer for pure intermolecular through-space charge transfer emission. Chem Sci 2021; 12:15928-15934. [PMID: 35024116 PMCID: PMC8672714 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05426k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Manipulation of the charge transfer in donor-acceptor-type molecules is essential for the design of controllable aggregate luminescent materials. Apart from the traditional through-bond charge transfer (TBCT) systems which suffer from complicated structural design, poor tunability and low quantum efficiency, through-space charge transfer (TSCT) has been proved as an alternative yet facile strategy in tuning photophysical processes. In this work, by simply changing nucleophilic reaction bases, a traditional conjugated acrylonitrile AP1 and an unexpected non-conjugated AP2 with a carboxamide-functionalized oxirane linker could be obtained. The long-range π-π stacking in conjugated AP1 results in mixed intramolecular TBCT plus intermolecular TSCT emission. However, facilitated by the steric hindrance effect of the big oxirane connector and the unique discrete dimer packing, non-conjugated AP2 exhibits pure and efficient intermolecular TSCT emission in both aggregate and crystalline states. The flexibility of the non-conjugated character further leads to better reversible stimuli-responsiveness to mechanical force for AP2 than for the rigid AP1.
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- Xiujie Jiang
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University Hefei China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University Hefei China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University Hefei China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University Hefei China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University Hangzhou China.,ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center Hangzhou 311215 China .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University Hefei China .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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De Silva TPD, Youm SG, Fronczek FR, Sahasrabudhe G, Nesterov EE, Warner IM. Pyrene-Benzimidazole Derivatives as Novel Blue Emitters for OLEDs. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26216523. [PMID: 34770936 PMCID: PMC8588490 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26216523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Three novel small organic heterocyclic compounds: 2-(1,2-diphenyl)-1H-benzimidazole-7-tert-butylpyrene (compound A), 1,3-di(1,2-diphenyl)-1H-benzimidazole-7-tert-butylpyrene (compound B), and 1,3,6,8-tetra(1,2-diphenyl)-1H-benzimidazolepyrene (compound C) were synthesized and characterized for possible applications as blue OLED emitters. The specific molecular design targeted decreasing intermolecular aggregation and disrupting crystallinity in the solid-state, in order to reduce dye aggregation, and thus obtain efficient pure blue photo- and electroluminescence. Accordingly, the new compounds displayed reasonably high spectral purity in both solution- and solid-states with average CIE coordinates of (0.160 ± 0.005, 0.029 ± 0.009) in solution and (0.152 ± 0.007, 0.126 ± 0.005) in solid-state. These compounds showed a systematic decrease in degree of crystallinity and intermolecular aggregation due to increasing steric hindrance, as revealed using powder X-ray diffraction analysis and spectroscopic studies. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) prototype fabricated using compound B as the non-doped emissive layer displayed an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 0.35 (±0.04)% and luminance 100 (±6) cd m−2 at 5.5 V with an essentially pure blue electroluminescence corresponding to CIE coordinates of (0.1482, 0.1300). The highest EQE observed from this OLED prototype was 4.3 (±0.3)% at 3.5 V, and the highest luminance of 290 (±10) cd m−2 at 7.5 V. These values were found comparable to characteristics of the best pure blue OLED devices based on simple fluorescent small-molecule organic chromophores.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA; (S.G.Y.); (E.E.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; (T.P.D.D.S.); (F.R.F.); (G.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; (T.P.D.D.S.); (F.R.F.); (G.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA; (S.G.Y.); (E.E.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; (T.P.D.D.S.); (F.R.F.); (G.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-225-578-2829; Fax: +1-225-578-3971
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Čubiňák M, Bigeon J, Galář P, Ondič L, Tobrman T. The Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Cycloalkenes Bearing π‐Conjugated Substituents and Their Optical Properties. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Marek Čubiňák
- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague Technická 5 166 28 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague Technická 5 166 28 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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Ye J, Zhou Q, Yan Z, Li K. Preparation of multicolor luminescence Schiff-base compound based on solvent control and its application in the detection of pentachloronitrobenzene. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1178:338794. [PMID: 34482876 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fluorescent materials with tunable optical properties are critical to their potential application. So far, the tuning of double-color luminescence has been easily achieved for many organic materials, but there are very few reports on multicolor luminescence materials. In this work, a multicolor emissions Schiff-base fluorescent compound 1,1'-{4,4'-Biphenyldiylbis[nitrilo(E)methylylidene]}di(2-naphthol) (BPDN) with an aggregation induced emission (AIE) characteristic was synthesized, and its luminescent characteristic was investigated. The BPDN molecules with low concentration in solution can emit faint light, but a new AIE phenomenon will appear when the BPDN molecules are aggregated in the solvent with low solubility or high concentration. The color and efficiency of the AIE of BPDN can be tuned by changing its aggregation state: the luminescence of the aggregate gradually redshifts (blue, green, to orange) as the solvent with poor solubility in the mixture increases or increasing the concentration of the BPDN. Based on the multicolor luminescence BPDN, a molecularly imprinted ratiometric fluorescent probe test strip (MIRF test strip) had been prepared and successfully applied to visual detection of pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB). The color of test strip could change gradually from orange to yellow to green with the increase of the concentration of PCNB. This work shows the characteristic and application of multicolor luminescence BPDN.
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- Jianping Ye
- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Krishnaveni K, Gurusamy S, Sathish V, Thanasekaran P, Mathavan A. Selective anions mediated fluorescence "turn-on", aggregation induced emission (AIE) and lysozyme targeting properties of pyrene-naphthalene sulphonyl conjugate. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 252:119537. [PMID: 33611147 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.119537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We have designed and synthesized a novel pyrene-naphthalene sulphonyl conjugate, 1-((1Z)-(4-((Z)-4-(pyrene-1-yl)methyleneamino)phenylsulfonyl)phenylimino)methyl)naphthalene-2-ol (PSN) through a facile two-step reactions. It was characterized by various spectral techniques. Fluorescence spectral studies showed that compound PSN featured fluorescence enhancement upon increasing the water content in THF. This can be attributed to the phenomena of aggregated induced emission (AIE), which is confirmed by SEM and AFM studies, due to the restriction of CHN isomerization of PSN. The anion sensing of PSN was examined with various anions. Among these anions, H2PO4- and F- ions were selectively sensing with a low detection limit of 3.52 × 10-7 M and 7.23 × 10-7 M, respectively, and an obvious color change from yellow to orange was observed by the naked eye. The mechanism of sensing involved the formation of hydrogen bonding interaction between O-H group of PSN and H2PO4-/ F- ions. The binding of PSN with LYZ was also examined by docking studies, which shows that H-bonding and hydrophobic interactions play crucial roles for the interaction of LYZ toward PSN.
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- Kumar Krishnaveni
- PG and Research Department of Chemistry, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin - 628 008, Tamil Nadu, India; Reg. NO:17212232032004, PG and Research Department of Chemistry, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin - 628 008, Tamil Nadu, India. Affiliated by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli - 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India
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- PG and Research Department of Chemistry, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin - 628 008, Tamil Nadu, India; Reg. NO:17212232031003, PG and Research Department of Chemistry, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin - 628 008, Tamil Nadu, India. Affiliated by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli - 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam - 638 401, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan.
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- PG and Research Department of Chemistry, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin - 628 008, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Ju CW, Li B, Li L, Yan W, Cui C, Ma X, Zhao D. Modular Synthesis of Pentagonal and Hexagonal Ring-Fused NBN-Phenalenes Leading to an Excited-State Aromatization-Induced Structural Planarization Molecular Library. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5903-5916. [PMID: 33825485 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Although polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with a nitrogen-boron-nitrogen (NBN) moiety have recently attracted tremendous interest due to their intriguing electronic and optoelectronic properties, all of the NBN-fused π-systems reported to date are called NBN-dibenzophenalenes and were synthesized by electrophilic aromatic substitution. The synthesis of NBN-phenalenes remains challenging, and transition-metal catalysis has never been utilized to construct NBN-embedded π-scaffolds. Herein, a palladium-catalyzed cyclization/bicyclization strategy was developed for the synthesis of diverse pentagonal and hexagonal ring-fused NBN-phenalenes and half-NBN-phenalenes. All of the NBN-embedded π-scaffolds presented in our paper are fluorescent in both solution and the solid state. Further investigations showed that the five-membered NBN rings exhibit the properties of traditional luminogens, while those with a six-membered NBN ring generally undergo photoinduced structural planarization (PISP) and exhibit different colors and quantum yields of fluorescence with different concentrations in solution. Time-resolved spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations revealed that excited-state aromatization is the driving force for PISP in hexagonal ring-fused NBN-π systems, leading to the formation of excimers. Notably, the scope of PISP compounds is still quite limited, and PISP has never been observed in NBN-π systems before. These hexagonal ring-fused NBN-π systems constitute a novel PISP molecular library and appear to be a new class of aggregation-induced excimer emission (AIEE) materials. Finally, the AIEE behavior of these six-membered NBN rings was applied to the detection of nitro explosives, achieving excellent sensitivity. In general, this work provides a new viewpoint for synthesizing NBN-fused π-systems and understanding the excited-state motion of luminogens.
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- Cheng-Wei Ju
- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Chen B, Huang Q, Qu Z, Li C, Li Q, Shi J, Fan C, Wang L, Zuo X, Shen J, Li J. Probing Transient DNA Conformation Changes with an Intercalative Fluorescent Excimer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6624-6630. [PMID: 33314629 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Variation of DNA conformation is important in regulating gene expression and mediating drug-DNA interactions. However, directly probing transient DNA conformation changes is challenging owing to the dynamic nature of this process. We show a label-free fluorescence method to monitor transient DNA conformation changes in DNA structures with various lengths and shapes using a DNA intercalator, K21. K21 can form transient excimers on the surface of DNA; the ratiometric emission of monomer and excimer correlate to DNA transient conformation stability in numerous DNA structures, including i-motifs, G-quadruplex structures, and single nucleotide mutation at random position. We analyzed the conformation dynamics of a single plasmid before and after enzyme digestion with confocal fluorescence microscopy. This method provides a label-free fluorescence strategy to probe transient conformation changes of DNA structures and has potential in uncovering transient genomic processes in living cells.
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- Bin Chen
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Bioimaging Center, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Bioimaging Center, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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Chen B, Huang Q, Qu Z, Li C, Li Q, Shi J, Fan C, Wang L, Zuo X, Shen J, Li J. Probing Transient DNA Conformation Changes with an Intercalative Fluorescent Excimer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bin Chen
- Institute of Molecular Medicine Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Nanomedicine State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes Renji Hospital School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200127 China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
- Bioimaging Center Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Zhangjiang Laboratory Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201210 China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Nanomedicine State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes Renji Hospital School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200127 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
- Bioimaging Center Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Zhangjiang Laboratory Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201210 China
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Chen CH, Lai GQ, Luh TY. Aggregation-Enhanced Excimer Emission of Tetraarylethene Linkers in Ladderphanes. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chih-Hsien Chen
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan 407
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- Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617
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Zreid M, Tabasi ZA, Zhao Y. Comparative studies of the noncovalent interactions in the single‐crystal packing of pyrene, pyrene‐4,5‐dione, and pyrene‐4,5,9,10‐tetraone. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.4192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Monther Zreid
- Department of Chemistry Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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Zhang Q, Li Y, Cao Z, Zhu C. Aggregation-induced emission spectra of triphenylamine salicylaldehyde derivatives via excited-state intramolecular proton transfer revealed by molecular spectral and dynamics simulations. RSC Adv 2021; 11:37171-37180. [PMID: 35496419 PMCID: PMC9043594 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07388e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) spectra accompanied by excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) for two triphenylamine salicylaldehyde derivatives (namely, TS and TS-OMe) are investigated by performing molecular spectral and dynamics simulations associated with the hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) at the quantum level of the time-dependent density functional theory. The simulated emission spectral peaks and Stokes' shifts are in good agreement with the experimental results for both TS and TS-OMe. Furthermore, the AIE spectral mechanisms are well explained to be associated with the ESIPT processes for both TS and TS-OMe monomers in the aggregated crystal state, while the AIE spectra mechanism for the TS-OMe (TS) dimer is accompanied by intermolecular charge-transfer excitation process. Besides, the TS dimers also contributed to the AIE mechanisms in the crystal with the intermolecular charge-transfer from one monomer to another. In addition, the TS dimers are contributed to the AIE mechanisms in the crystal with the intermolecular charge-transfer from one monomer to another. On the other hand, simulated emission spectra for both the TS and TS-OMe monomers in acetonitrile solution are involved in mixed emission with and without the ESIPT process, as interpreted by nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulation. It is also briefly addressed that the emission spectra in the solution are weak and enhanced in the crystal. The present study provides a great physical insight into the design of highly efficient AIE compounds. The emission spectra of triphenylamine salicylaldehyde derivatives are weak in solution and strong in the crystal, as interpreted by molecular spectral and dynamics simulations.![]()
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- Qing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 360015, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 360015, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 360015, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Peng C, Liang W, Ji J, Fan C, Kanagaraj K, Wu W, Cheng G, Su D, Zhong Z, Yang C. Pyrene-tiaraed pillar[5]arene: Strong intramolecular excimer emission applicable for photo-writing. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.03.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Deng G, Liu T, Wang Y, Liu B, Tan Q, Xu B. α‐Iminonitriles: Composite Functional Groups for Functionalization of Pyrene. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202000585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Guigang Deng
- Department of Chemistry Innovative Drug Research Center Shanghai University 99 Shangda Road Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- School of Medicine Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Innovative Drug Research Center Shanghai University 99 Shangda Road Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Innovative Drug Research Center Shanghai University 99 Shangda Road Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Innovative Drug Research Center Shanghai University 99 Shangda Road Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Innovative Drug Research Center Shanghai University 99 Shangda Road Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200032 P. R. China
- School of Medicine Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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Arumugam S, Reddy PG, Francis M, Kulkarni A, Roy S, Mondal KC. Highly fluorescent aryl-cyclopentadienyl ligands and their tetra-nuclear mixed metallic potassium-dysprosium clusters. RSC Adv 2020; 10:39366-39372. [PMID: 35515404 PMCID: PMC9057429 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra05316c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Two alkyl substituted triaryl-cyclopentadienyl ligands [4,4′-(4-phenylcyclopenta-1,3-diene-1,2-diyl)bis(methylbenzene) (1) and 4,4′,4′′-(cyclopenta-1,3-diene-1,2,4-triyl)tris(methylbenzene) (2)] have been synthesized via cross-aldol condensation followed by Zn-dust mediated cyclization and acid catalyzed dehydration reactions. The fluorescence properties of 1 and 2 have been studied in solution and solid state. The ligands exhibited aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) in THF/water solution. 1 and 2 have been found to be significantly more fluorescent in the solid state than in their respective solutions. This phenomenon can be attributed to the strong intermolecular CH⋯π interactions present in 1 and 2 which leads to the tight packing of molecules in their solid-state. Both 1, 2 and their corresponding anions have been studied by theoretical calculations. Ligands 1 and 2 have been shown to react with anhydrous DyCl3 in the presence of potassium metal at high temperature to afford two fluorescent chloride-bridged tetra-nuclear mixed potassium–dysprosium metallocenes [(Me2Cp)4Dy2IIICl4K2]·3.5(C7H8) (5) and [(Me3Cp)4Dy2IIICl4K2]·3(C7H8) (6), respectively in good yields. Alkyl substituted triaryl-cyclopentadienyl ligands with aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties and their applications in the syntheses of novel chloride bridged tetra-nuclear mixed potassium–dysprosium metallocenes.![]()
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- Selvakumar Arumugam
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati 517507 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati 517507 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati 517507 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati 517507 India
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Ghosh T, Mondal S, Maiti R, Nawaz SM, Ghosh NN, Dinda E, Biswas A, Maity SK, Mallik A, Maiti DK. Complementary amide-based donor-acceptor with unique nano-scale aggregation, fluorescence, and band gap-lowering properties: a WORM memory device. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 32:025208. [PMID: 33089825 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abba5a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Organic fluorescent semiconducting nanomaterials have gained widespread research interest owing to their potential applications in the arena of high-tech devices. We designed two pyrazaacene-based compounds, their stacked system, and the role of gluing interactions to fabricate nanomaterials, and determined the prospective band gaps utilizing the density functional theory calculation. The two pyrazaacene derivatives containing complementary amide linkages (-CONH and -NHCO) were efficiently synthesized. The synthesized compounds are highly soluble in common organic solvents as well as highly fluorescent and photostable. The heterocycles and their mixture displayed efficient solvent dependent fluorescence in the visible region of the solar spectrum. Notably, the compounds were associated through complementary NH•••O = C type hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking, and hydrophobic interactions, and thereby afforded nanomaterials with a low band gap. Fascinatingly, the fabricated stacked nanomaterial system exhibited resistive switching behavior, leading to the fabrication of an efficient write-once-read-many-times memory device of crossbar structure.
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- Tanmoy Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92 A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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Liang C. Organic polymorphs based on an AEE-active tetraphenylethene salicylaldehyde Schiff-base derivative: the effect of molecular conformation on luminescence properties. RSC Adv 2020; 10:29043-29050. [PMID: 35520070 PMCID: PMC9055955 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra00118j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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An aggregation-enhanced emission (AEE)-active tetraphenylethene salicylaldehyde Schiff-base derivative, TPE-Nap, was prepared using a facile synthesis. The AEE property of TPE-Nap was studied by luminescence and absorption spectra, and was attributed to the C
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N isomerization restriction and the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process. Polymorphs TPE-Nap-Y and TPE-Nap-O were prepared from TPE-Nap, and their emission color and intensity were compared. TPE-Nap-Y is a yellow block crystal with a very weak yellow emission, with its main peak at 565 nm, while TPE-Nap-O is an orange plate crystal that gave a stronger orange emission, with its main peak at 583 nm. Single crystal diffraction data were used to demonstrate the structure–property relationship. The most unique feature was that the torsion angle of TPE-Nap-Y between the benzene ring of the TPE unit and the Nap unit was 54.08°, while that of TPE-Nap-O was 14.19°. Interestingly, the TPE unit assumed propeller-like nonplanar conformations that likely led to different intermolecular interactions, such as C–H⋯O interactions (2.529 Å and 2.617 Å) in TPE-Nap-O and C–H⋯π interactions (3.224 Å and 3.791 Å) in TPE-Nap-Y. These were influenced by the torsion angle, although the molecules in both crystals were arranged in a similar end-to-end slip-stacking mode. These results inferred that the molecular conformation was evidently affected by luminescent properties. Crystals possessing a slightly twisted molecular conformation exhibited stronger emission than those possessing a heavily twisted molecular conformation. These investigations will expand the research on the relationship between the molecular conformation and the emission properties of organic solids, and might provide a new development strategy for organic polymorphs. Organic polymorphs displaying different emission colors and intensities were obtained from aggregation-enhanced emission (AEE)-active tetraphenylethene derivatives, and their luminescent properties were affected mainly by molecular conformation.![]()
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- Chunshuang Liang
- Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology Jilin China
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Jung H, Shin H, Kim S, Kim J, An BK, Lee JH, Ihee H, Park J. High electroluminescence efficiency and long device lifetime of a fluorescent green-light emitter using aggregation-induced emission. J IND ENG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Synthesis, structure, and aggregated state emission of regio-isomeric 3-Pyrenyl-2-(4′-Pyridinyl)-Acrylonitrile. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Highly selective isomer fluorescent probes for distinguishing homo-/cysteine from glutathione based on AIE. Talanta 2020; 206:120177. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.120177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Unexpectedly bright photoluminescence emission can be observed in materials incorporating inorganic carbon when their size is reduced from macro–micro to nano. At present, there is no consensus in its understanding, and many suggested explanations are not consistent with the broad range of experimental data. In this Review, I discuss the possible role of collective excitations (excitons) generated by resonance electronic interactions among the chromophore elements within these nanoparticles. The Förster-type resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism of energy migration within nanoparticles operates when the composing fluorophores are the localized electronic systems interacting at a distance. Meanwhile, the resonance interactions among closely located fluorophores may lead to delocalization of the excited states over many molecules resulting in Frenkel excitons. The H-aggregate-type quantum coherence originating from strong coupling among the transition dipoles of adjacent chromophores in a co-facial stacking arrangement and exciton transport to emissive traps are the basis of the presented model. It can explain most of the hitherto known experimental observations and must stimulate the progress towards their versatile applications.
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Manna B, Nandi A, Ghosh R. Energy transfer-mediated white light emission from Nile red-doped 9,10-diphenylanthracene nanoaggregates upon excitation with near UV light. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:2748-2758. [PMID: 31593198 DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00272c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The low cost, ease of preparation, colour tunability and wide application range garnered huge research interest on organic light emitting diode materials (OLED). The development of white light-emitting organic diode materials is mostly targeted for this. Anthracene derivatives have recently emerged as low-cost and efficient blue light-emitting diodes. However, developing efficient organic diode materials that cover the entire visible spectrum is very challenging. Herein, we demonstrated that Nile red (NR)-doped 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA) nanoaggregates provided strong white light emission upon excitation with near UV light. The dual emissions of the DPA nanoaggregates covering the blue and green regions were exploited and combined with the controlled red emission of the properly doped NR dye to cover the full visible spectrum, rendering white light emission with a quantum yield of >0.4. The fluorescence spectra of the DPA nanoaggregates doped with NR at various concentrations were monitored and their CIE coordinates were followed to evaluate the proper doping ratio for equal-energy white-light emission. Concurrent time-resolved emission studies provided mechanistic insights into the energy transfer from the exciton and excimer states of DPA to NR. It was revealed that the energy transfer from the singlet excitonic state of DPA followed the diffusion-assisted resonance energy transfer (RET) model. On the other hand, the excimer state showed negligible diffusion and energy transfer from this state found to follow the single-step Förster resonance energy transfer mechanism. The observation of efficient white light emission in the doped DPA nanoaggregates was proposed to have prospective applications in OLED devices, given the fact that triplet excitons may be exploited for emission through the efficient triplet-triplet annihilation contribution to fluorescence enhancement.
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- Biswajit Manna
- Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085, India.
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- Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085, India. and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai-400 094, India
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- Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085, India.
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De Silva TD, Youm SG, Tamas GG, Yang B, Wang CH, Fronczek FR, Sahasrabudhe G, Sterling S, Quarels RD, Chhotaray PK, Nesterov EE, Warner IM. Pyrenylpyridines: Sky-Blue Emitters for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:16867-16877. [PMID: 31646233 PMCID: PMC6796915 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel sky-blue-emitting tripyrenylpyridine derivative, 2,4,6-tri(1-pyrenyl)pyridine (2,4,6-TPP), has been synthesized using a Suzuki coupling reaction and compared with three previously reported isomeric dipyrenylpyridine (DPP) analogues (2,4-di(1-pyrenyl)pyridine (2,4-DPP), 2,6-di(1-pyrenyl)pyridine (2,6-DPP), and 3,5-di(1-pyrenyl)pyridine (3,5-DPP)). As revealed by single-crystal X-ray analysis and computational simulations, all compounds possess highly twisted conformations in the solid state with interpyrene torsional angles of 42.3°-57.2°. These solid-state conformations and packing variations of pyrenylpyridines could be correlated to observed variations in physical characteristics such as photo/thermal stability and spectral properties, but showed only marginal influence on electrochemical properties. The novel derivative, 2,4,6-TPP, exhibited the lowest degree of crystallinity as revealed by powder X-ray diffraction analysis and formed amorphous thin films as verified using grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering. This compound also showed high thermal/photo stability relative to its disubstituted analogues (DPPs). Thus, a nondoped organic light-emitting diode (OLED) prototype was fabricated using 2,4,6-TPP as the emissive layer, which displayed a sky-blue electroluminescence with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.18, 0.34). This OLED prototype achieved a maximum external quantum efficiency of 6.0 ± 1.2% at 5 V. The relatively high efficiency for this simple-architecture device reflects a good balance of electron and hole transporting ability of 2,4,6-TPP along with efficient exciton formation in this material and indicates its promise as an emitting material for design of blue OLED devices.
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Horiba Scientific, 20 Knightsbridge Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Suleymanov AA, Doll M, Ruggi A, Scopelliti R, Fadaei‐Tirani F, Severin K. Synthesis of Tetraarylethene Luminogens by C−H Vinylation of Aromatic Compounds with Triazenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Abdusalom A. Suleymanov
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Département de ChimieUniversité de Fribourg 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Suleymanov AA, Doll M, Ruggi A, Scopelliti R, Fadaei‐Tirani F, Severin K. Synthesis of Tetraarylethene Luminogens by C−H Vinylation of Aromatic Compounds with Triazenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:9957-9961. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Abdusalom A. Suleymanov
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Département de ChimieUniversité de Fribourg 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Miki K, Noda T, Gon M, Tanaka K, Chujo Y, Mizuhata Y, Tokitoh N, Ohe K. Near‐Infrared Circularly Polarized Luminescence through Intramolecular Excimer Formation of Oligo(
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‐phenyleneethynylene)‐Based Double Helicates. Chemistry 2019; 25:9211-9216. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Koji Miki
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615–8510 Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615–8510 Japan
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- Department of Polymer ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Polymer ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Polymer ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Institute for Chemical ResearchKyoto University Gokasho Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 Japan
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- Institute for Chemical ResearchKyoto University Gokasho Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615–8510 Japan
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Gayathri P, Karthikeyan S, Moon D, Anthony SP. Halogen Atom and Position Dependent Strong Enhancement of Solid‐State Fluorescence and Stimuli Responsive Reversible Fluorescence Switching. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201900145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- PG and Research Department of ChemistryKhadirMohideen College Adirampattinam- 614701, Tamil Nadu India
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- Beamline DepartmentPohang Accelerator Laboratory 80 Jigokro-127beongil, Nam-gu, Pohang Gyeongbuk Korea
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Zhang W, Huang Y, Chen Y, Zhao E, Hong Y, Chen S, Lam JWY, Chen Y, Hou J, Tang BZ. Amphiphilic Tetraphenylethene-Based Pyridinium Salt for Selective Cell-Membrane Imaging and Room-Light-Induced Special Reactive Oxygen Species Generation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:10567-10577. [PMID: 30801178 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b00643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The cell membrane is the protecting frontier of cells, which is crucial for maintaining cell integrity, and has a close relationship with cell growth and death. There is a growing need for cell membrane imaging and monitoring in both living and dying cells. Herein, we report a new amphiphilic tetraphenylethene-based pyridinium salt (TPE-MEM) with aggregation-induced emission features for discriminatory cell membrane imaging. The fluorogenic probe with high yield was synthesized following asymmetric McMurry reaction, Williamson ether synthesis reaction, Suzuki coupling, and aldol condensation between a double-charged pyridinium salt and hexyloxytetraphenylethene benzaldehyde. TPE-MEM shows good water solubility, biocompatibility, and cell membrane specificity. Interestingly, a reactive oxygen species (ROS) is produced by the molecule (TPE-MEM) under room-light irradiation, which could destroy the integrity of the plasma membrane and cause cell necrosis. This enables a visible observation of cell necrosis and the phototherapeutic effect under a mild condition. Preliminary animal investigations also demonstrated the photodynamic therapy (PDT) effectiveness of TPE-MEM in tumor growth inhibition. We conclude that TPE-MEM is potentially a cell membrane-selective photosensitizer for PDT and it is worthy of further exploration of the phototherapeutic effect on animals systematically.
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- Department of Urology , The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , 188 Shizi RD , Suzhou 215006 , China
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- Department of Urology , The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , 188 Shizi RD , Suzhou 215006 , China
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- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan , Shenzhen 518057 , China
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study , The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong , China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology , Dongguan University of Technology , 1st University Road, Songshan Lake District , Dongguan 523808 , China
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science , La Trobe University , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia 2086
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study , The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong , China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study , The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong , China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study , The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong , China
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- Department of Urology , The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , 188 Shizi RD , Suzhou 215006 , China
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- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan , Shenzhen 518057 , China
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study , The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong , China
- Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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Gayathri P, Karthikeyan S, Pannipara M, Al-Sehemi AG, Moon D, Anthony SP. Aggregation-enhanced emissive mechanofluorochromic carbazole-halogen positional isomers: tunable fluorescence via conformational polymorphism and crystallization-induced fluorescence switching. CrystEngComm 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01227c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The conformational twist of the carbazole-halogen positional isomers produced blue and green polymorphs with tunable solid-state fluorescence and demonstrated mechanofluorochromism.
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- Parthasarathy Gayathri
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemical & Biotechnology
- SASTRA Deemed University
- Thanjavur-613401
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- King Khalid University
- Abha 61413
- Saudi Arabia
- Research center for
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- Department of Chemistry
- King Khalid University
- Abha 61413
- Saudi Arabia
- Research center for
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- Beamline Department
- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
- Pohang
- Korea
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Nandi A, Manna B, Ghosh R. Interplay of exciton–excimer dynamics in 9,10-diphenylanthracene nanoaggregates and thin films revealed by time-resolved spectroscopic studies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:11193-11202. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01124b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Effect of morphology and influence of two phenyl rings at 9 and 10 position of anthracene on exciton and excimer relaxation dynamics in solid state has been presented.
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- Amitabha Nandi
- Radiation and Photochemistry Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute
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- Radiation and Photochemistry Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Radiation and Photochemistry Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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Jiang N, Wang Y, Qin A, Sun JZ, Tang BZ. Effective enhancement of the emission efficiency of tetraphenylporphyrin in solid state by tetraphenylethene modification. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ghosh M, Ta S, Lohar S, Das S, Brandão P, Felix V, Das D. Exploring aggregation-induced emission through tuning of ligand structure for picomolar detection of pyrene. J Mol Recognit 2018; 32:e2771. [PMID: 30515937 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tuning of ligand structures through controlled variation of ring number in fused-ring aromatic moiety appended to antipyrine allows detection of 7.8 × 10-12 M pyrene via aggregation-induced emission (AIE) associated with 101-fold fluorescence enhancement. In one case, antipyrine unit is replaced by pyridine to derive bis-methylanthracenyl picolyl amine. The structures of four molecules have been confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Among them, pyrene-antipyrine conjugate (L) undergoes pyrene triggered inhibition of photo-induced electron transfer (PET) leading to water-assisted AIE.
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- Milan Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman, India
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman, India
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- Department of Chemistry, T. D. B. College, Raniganj, Bardhaman, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Raina Swami Bholananda Vidyayatan, Bardhaman, India
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman, India
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Surukonti N, Kotamarthi B. Mono substituted pyrenes as multifunctional materials for OLED: Analysis of the substituent effects on the charge transport properties using DFT methods. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Tetraphenylethylene-BODIPY aggregation-induced emission luminogens for near-infrared polymer light-emitting diodes. Sci China Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-018-9306-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Feng X, Qi C, Feng HT, Zhao Z, Sung HHY, Williams ID, Kwok RTK, Lam JWY, Qin A, Tang BZ. Dual fluorescence of tetraphenylethylene-substituted pyrenes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for white-light emission. Chem Sci 2018; 9:5679-5687. [PMID: 30062002 PMCID: PMC6050622 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc01709c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This article presents a new strategy to achieve white-light emission from single tetraphenylethylene-substituted pyrenes (TPE-Pys) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics. TPE-Pys were synthesized by a Pd-catalyzed coupling reaction of a boronic acid or pinacol ester of pyrene and tetraphenylethylene (TPE) derivatives and showed multicolor emission by introducing different substituents on the phenyl rings of TPE. TPE-Pys with a TPE unit at the 1-position and asymmetric TPE units at 2,7-positions show dual fluorescence in THF/water mixtures to realize white-light emission with CIE coordinates of (x = 0.30 and y = 0.41) and (x = 0.21 and y = 0.16), respectively. The structure-property relationship of TPE-Pys were investigated to elucidate the origin of the white emission. The results showed that due to the weak electronic interaction of pyrene and its chromophoric units at the 2,7-positions and the constraint of the rotation of the TPE unit at the 1-position of pyrene, each component can exhibit its own emission color. The combination of appropriate colors gives rise to white-light emission. Such a principle of molecular design may open a new avenue for preparing advanced multicolor and multifunctional optical materials for organic electronics.
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- Xing Feng
- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- NSFC Center for Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates , SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
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- NSFC Center for Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates , SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China .
- NSFC Center for Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates , SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech ParkNanshan , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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Beldjoudi Y, Nascimento MA, Cho YJ, Yu H, Aziz H, Tonouchi D, Eguchi K, Matsushita MM, Awaga K, Osorio-Roman I, Constantinides CP, Rawson JM. Multifunctional Dithiadiazolyl Radicals: Fluorescence, Electroluminescence, and Photoconducting Behavior in Pyren-1'-yl-dithiadiazolyl. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:6260-6270. [PMID: 29688006 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The pyren-1'-yl-functionalized dithiadiazolyl (DTDA) radical, C16H9CNSSN (1), is monomeric in solution and exhibits fluorescence in the deep-blue region of the visible spectrum (440 nm) upon excitation at 241 nm. The salt [1][GaCl4] exhibits similar emission, reflecting the largely spectator nature of the radical in the fluorescence process, although the presence of the radical leads to a modest quenching of emission (ΦF = 98% for 1+ and 50% for 1) through enhancement of non-radiative decay processes. Time-dependent density functional theory studies on 1 coupled with the similar emission profiles of both 1+ and 1 are consistent with the initial excitation being of predominantly pyrene π-π* character. Spectroscopic studies indicate stabilization of the excited state in polar media, with the fluorescence lifetime for 1 (τ = 5 ns) indicative of a short-lived excited state. Comparative studies between the energies of the frontier orbitals of pyren-1'-yl nitronyl nitroxide (2, which is not fluorescent) and 1 reveal that the energy mismatch and poor spatial overlap between the DTDA radical SOMO and the pyrene π manifold in 1 efficiently inhibit the non-radiative electron-electron exchange relaxation pathway previously described for 2. Solid-state films of both 1 and [1][GaCl4] exhibit broad emission bands at 509 and 545 nm, respectively. Incorporation of 1 within a host matrix for OLED fabrication revealed electroluminescence, with CIE coordinates of (0.205, 0.280) corresponding to a sky-blue emission. The brightness of the device reached 1934 cd/m2 at an applied voltage of 16 V. The crystal structure of 1 reveals a distorted π-stacked motif with almost regular distances between the pyrene rings but alternating long-short contacts between DTDA radicals. Solid state measurements on a thin film of 1 reveal emission occurs at shorter wavelengths (375 nm) whereas conductivity measurements on a single crystal of 1 show a photoconducting response at longer wavelength excitation (455 nm).
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- Yassine Beldjoudi
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , University of Windsor , 401 Sunset Avenue , Windsor , ON N9B 3P4 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , University of Windsor , 401 Sunset Avenue , Windsor , ON N9B 3P4 , Canada
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology , University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue West , Waterloo , ON N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology , University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue West , Waterloo , ON N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology , University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue West , Waterloo , ON N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS) , The University of Nagoya , Furo-Cho, Chikusa-Ku , Nagoya City , Aichi 464-8602 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS) , The University of Nagoya , Furo-Cho, Chikusa-Ku , Nagoya City , Aichi 464-8602 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS) , The University of Nagoya , Furo-Cho, Chikusa-Ku , Nagoya City , Aichi 464-8602 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS) , The University of Nagoya , Furo-Cho, Chikusa-Ku , Nagoya City , Aichi 464-8602 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , University of Windsor , 401 Sunset Avenue , Windsor , ON N9B 3P4 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , North Caroline State University , 2620 Yarbrough Drive, Box 8204 , Raleigh , North Carolina 27695 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , University of Windsor , 401 Sunset Avenue , Windsor , ON N9B 3P4 , Canada
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Zhang ZM, Miao BX, Tang XX, Ni ZH. A series of 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene-based tetraarylethenes: synthesis, structures and solid-state emission behavior. RSC Adv 2018; 8:15173-15180. [PMID: 35541313 PMCID: PMC9079984 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00057c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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By controlling the number of 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene segments around the tetraarylethene core, a series of 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene-based tetraarylethenes were synthesized and structurally characterized. An aggregation-induced emission (AIE) study indicated that all the compounds are AIE active: they are weak emitters in good solvents but highly emissive in the condensed phase, and hence are potential solid-state emitters. Their optical properties, electrochemical properties and theoretical calculations were investigated, and the results prove that the π-conjugation degree of these compounds increases with the increasing number of 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene units. However, the fluorescence quantum yield in the solid state doesn't increase with increasing π-conjugation. We studied the reason for this by analyzing the crystal structures of some compounds, and proposed that the close degree of molecular packing in the solid state may be responsible for it. Loose packing of tetraarylethenes in the solid state can restrict the rotation of the aromatic rings but cannot constrain other non-radiative pathways efficiently, such as vibration, which leads to the unpredictable emission of the compounds. Tetraarylethenes with different π-conjugation degrees can be realized by controlling the number of 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene segments. However, the fluorescence quantum yield of these compounds in films doesn't increase with the π-conjugation degree.![]()
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- Zhao-Ming Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- China University of Mining and Technology
- Xuzhou 221116
- People's Republic of China
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- China University of Mining and Technology
- Xuzhou 221116
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- China University of Mining and Technology
- Xuzhou 221116
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- China University of Mining and Technology
- Xuzhou 221116
- People's Republic of China
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Hariharan PS, Gayathri P, Kundu A, Karthikeyan S, Moon D, Anthony SP. Synthesis of tunable, red fluorescent aggregation-enhanced emissive organic fluorophores: stimuli-responsive high contrast off–on fluorescence switching. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ce01867c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Molecular conformation controlled tunable and stimuli-responsive off–on fluorescence switching.
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemical & Biotechnology
- SASTRA University
- Thanjavur-613401
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemical & Biotechnology
- SASTRA University
- Thanjavur-613401
- India
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- Beamline Department
- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
- Pohang
- Korea
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Hussain E, Niu N, Zhou H, Shahzad SA, Yu C. Aggregation enhanced excimer emission (AEEE) of benzo[ghi]perylene and coronene: multimode probes for facile monitoring and direct visualization of micelle transition. Analyst 2018; 143:4283-4289. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an01070f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Excimer to monomer transition of multimode probes facilitating the accurate monitoring and direct visualization of monomer–micelle transition.
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- Ejaz Hussain
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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Potential applications of excimer states in organic electronics such as sun-like emission of light are presented in this article.
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- Joachim Vollbrecht
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Paderborn
- Paderborn
- Germany
- Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn
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Sturala J, Etherington MK, Bismillah AN, Higginbotham HF, Trewby W, Aguilar JA, Bromley EHC, Avestro AJ, Monkman AP, McGonigal PR. Excited-State Aromatic Interactions in the Aggregation-Induced Emission of Molecular Rotors. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:17882-17889. [PMID: 29151342 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Small, apolar aromatic groups, such as phenyl rings, are commonly included in the structures of fluorophores to impart hindered intramolecular rotations, leading to desirable solid-state luminescence properties. However, they are not normally considered to take part in through-space interactions that influence the fluorescent output. Here, we report on the photoluminescence properties of a series of phenyl-ring molecular rotors bearing three, five, six, and seven phenyl groups. The fluorescent emissions from two of the rotors are found to originate, not from the localized excited state as one might expect, but from unanticipated through-space aromatic-dimer states. We demonstrate that these relaxed dimer states can form as a result of intra- or intermolecular interactions across a range of environments in solution and solid samples, including conditions that promote aggregation-induced emission. Computational modeling also suggests that the formation of aromatic-dimer excited states may account for the photophysical properties of a previously reported luminogen. These results imply, therefore, that this is a general phenomenon that should be taken into account when designing and interpreting the fluorescent outputs of luminescent probes and optoelectronic devices based on fluorescent molecular rotors.
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- Jiri Sturala
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, Durham University , Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Zhang H, Zheng X, Xie N, He Z, Liu J, Leung NLC, Niu Y, Huang X, Wong KS, Kwok RTK, Sung HHY, Williams ID, Qin A, Lam JWY, Tang BZ. Why Do Simple Molecules with "Isolated" Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light? J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:16264-16272. [PMID: 29064249 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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π-Bonds connected with aromatic rings were generally believed as the standard structures for constructing highly efficient fluorophores. Materials without these typical structures, however, exhibited only low fluorescence quantum yields and emitted in the ultraviolet spectral region. In this work, three molecules, namely bis(2,4,5-trimethylphenyl)methane, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(2,4,5-trimethylphenyl)ethane, and 1,1,2,2-tetraphenylethane, with nonconjugated structures and isolated phenyl rings were synthesized and their photophysical properties were systematically investigated. Interestingly, the emission spectra of these three molecules could be well extended to 600 nm with high solid-state quantum yields of up to 70%. Experimental and theoretical analyses proved that intramolecular through-space conjugation between the "isolated" phenyl rings played an important role for this abnormal phenomenon.
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- Haoke Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Guangdong Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology , Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Guangdong Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China.,Guangdong Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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