Modulating aggregation-induced emission via a non-conjugated linkage of fluorophores to tetraphenylethenes

Xie Han; Bibo Zhang; Jianhua Chen; Sheng Hua Liu; Chunyan Tan; Haiyang Liu; Matthew J. Lang; Ying Tan; Xiaogang Liu; Jun Yin

doi:10.1039/C7TB00623C

Modulating aggregation-induced emission via a non-conjugated linkage of fluorophores to tetraphenylethenes†

Xie Han,^a Bibo Zhang,^b Jianhua Chen,^a Sheng Hua Liu,^a Chunyan Tan,

^b Haiyang Liu,^b Matthew J. Lang,^cd Ying Tan,*^b Xiaogang Liu

*^ce and Jun Yin*^ab

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^a Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
E-mail: yinj@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

^b The Ministry-Province Jointly Constructed Base for State Key Lab-Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
E-mail: tan.ying@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn

^c Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), 1 CREATE Way, Singapore 138602, Singapore
E-mail: xiaogang@smart.mit.edu

^d Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA

^e Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372, Singapore
E-mail: xiaogang_liu@sutd.edu.sg

Abstract

A fluorophore consisting of two fluorescent moieties could display unusual optical behaviors that are unattainable in a single-fluorophore compound. Herein we reported two “dual-fluorophore” dyes: DNS-linked tetraphenylethene demonstrates bright aggregation-induced emission, while NBD-linked tetraphenylethene exhibits aggregation-caused quenching. Our results have important implications for engineering emission behaviors of molecular aggregates for practical applications.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Modulating aggregation-induced emission via a non-conjugated linkage of fluorophores to tetraphenylethenes†

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