Issue 84, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Tetraphenylethene (TPE) modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS): unadulterated monomer emission, aggregation-induced emission and nanostructural self-assembly modulated by the flexible spacer between POSS and TPE†

Hui Zhou,a   Jiesheng Li,a   Ming Hui Chua,a   Hong Yan,a   Qun Ye,a   Jing Song,a   Ting Ting Lin,a   Ben Zhong Tang*b  and  Jianwei Xu*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, Singapore 138634
E-mail: jw-xu@imre.a-star.edu.sg

b Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: tangbenz@ust.hk

c Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543

Abstract

Mono-TPE modified POSS molecules, in which the flexible spacers between TPE and POSS moieties control their self-assembly and aggregation, exhibit a unique unadulterated monomer emission in organic solvents as well as an AIE emission in THF/water.

Graphical abstract: Tetraphenylethene (TPE) modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS): unadulterated monomer emission, aggregation-induced emission and nanostructural self-assembly modulated by the flexible spacer between POSS and TPE

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC07216J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Sep 2016
Accepted
27 Sep 2016
First published
27 Sep 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 12478-12481

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Tetraphenylethene (TPE) modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS): unadulterated monomer emission, aggregation-induced emission and nanostructural self-assembly modulated by the flexible spacer between POSS and TPE

H. Zhou, J. Li, M. H. Chua, H. Yan, Q. Ye, J. Song, T. T. Lin, B. Z. Tang and J. Xu, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 12478 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC07216J

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