Bioinspired fluorescent molecules realize super bright blue luminescence under sunlight

Autor: Hao Zhang, Ludan Qin, Duxia Cao, Ruifang Guan, Xiao Cheng, Chuanjian Zhou
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of colloid and interface science. 632
ISSN: 1095-7103
Popis: In recent years, non-aromatic fluorescent materials have attracted widespread attention, but achieving a high quantum yield (QY) in their dilute solutions still remains a challenge. In this work, inspired by the Clustering-triggered emission (CTE) phenomenon of non-aromatic amino acids and poly(amino acids), we successfully designed a bioinspired molecule with a dipeptide-like structure and active silanol groups. The as-prepared bioinspired molecule can be hydrolyzed by simple heating to obtain the hydrolysate h-PDs, which can emit strong blue fluorescence in dilute solution. And this was the first time to realize the emission behavior of non-aromatic fluorescent materials under sunlight. The QY of h-PDs in aqueous solution and solid state were as high as 98.2% and 96.3%, respectively, which were attributed to the condensation of active silanol groups at the end of the molecule, and the existence of hydrogen bonds and N → Si coordination bonds that made small molecules cross-linked and aggregated into dense clusters. Finally, the application of h-PDs in the detection of intracellular and exogenous Hg
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