Issue 8, 2020

Multi-color tunable circularly polarized luminescence in one single AIE system

Abstract

Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials with a large luminescence dissymmetry factor (glum) and multi-color properties are very attractive. While multi-color tunable CPL can be realized by different organic dyes, the challenge of realizing both a higher glum and multiple colors using a single component remains. Here, we design an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) fluorophore, which is a pyridine functionalized cyanostilbene attached to a chiral unit, and realize multi-color tunable CPL with a high glum. The compound can self-assemble into a nanohelix and form both gel and xerogel films, exhibiting blue CPL with large glum values of −3.0 × 10−2 and −1.7 × 10−2, respectively. With the assistance of pyridine protonation, the xerogel films exhibit red-shifted CPL signals from 480 nm to 530 nm, covering from blue via green and yellow to orange. Additionally, the glum remains constant during the process. This work paves a simple and convenient way to construct multi-color tunable CPL materials using a single molecule.

Graphical abstract: Multi-color tunable circularly polarized luminescence in one single AIE system

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
07 Nov 2019
Accepted
15 Jan 2020
First published
15 Jan 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 2169-2174

Multi-color tunable circularly polarized luminescence in one single AIE system

H. Shang, Z. Ding, Y. Shen, B. Yang, M. Liu and S. Jiang, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 2169 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC05643B

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