Hexaphenylbenzene-Based, π-Conjugated Snowflake-Shaped Luminophores: Tunable Aggregation-Induced Emission Effect and Piezofluorochromism

Autor: Zhengfeng Chang, Yan-Chun Ye, Ling-Min Jing, Yuping Dong, Yong Sheng Zhao, Cong Wei, Jin-Liang Wang
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Chemistry - A European Journal. 21:8504-8510
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406311
Popis: In this work, two rigid, multiple tetraphenylethene (TPE)-substituted, π-conjugated, snowflake-shaped luminophores BT and BPT were facilely synthesized by using a 6-fold Suzuki coupling reaction. These molecules are constructed based on the nonplanar structure of propeller-shaped hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) or benzene as core groups and TPE as end groups. As a result, they reserve the intrinsic aggregation-induced emission (AIE) property of the TPE moiety. Meanwhile, both fluorescence quantum yield and piezochromic behavior in the solid state can be tuned or switched by inserting the phenyl bridges through changing the twisting conformation. The more extended structure BPT showed a much stronger AIE effect and higher ΦF,f in the solid state in comparison with that of BT. Furthermore, an excellent optical waveguide application of these molecules was achieved. However, the revisable piezofluorochromic behavior has only appeared when BT was ground using a pestle and treated with solvent.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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