Switching in visible-light emission of carbazole-modified pyrazole derivatives induced by mechanical forces and solution-organogel transition

Autor: Wenhua Mi, Lu Zhai, Fushuang Zhang, Meng Sun, Jingbo Sun, Jipeng Ding, Ran Lu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Dyes and Pigments. 162:67-74
ISSN: 0143-7208
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.10.005
Popis: New carbazole-modified pyrazole derivatives were synthesized. It was found that tert-butylcarbazole derivatives of TCPDP, TCPHP, TCPPM and TCPPF exhibited reversible mechanofluorochromic (MFC) behavior under the treatment of grinding/fuming with CH2Cl2. Particularly, the emission of the as-synthesized crystals of TCPDP was weak and emerged in the ultraviolet region, while the grinding led to significant red-shift of the emission to the visible-light region, accompanied with the significant fluorescence enhancement on account of the formation of J-aggregates. Thus, TCPDP showed intriguing fluorescence switching in visible-light region during MFC processes, which could be easily observed visually. Additionally, TCPDP, TCPHP, TCPPM and TCPPF could form stable organogels in some organic solvents. Notably, the solutions of TCPPM and TCPPF were almost non-emissive, but gelation-induced blue emission was achieved. Thus, the fluorescence could be also turned on due to the AIE (aggregation-induced emission) during the gel formation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE