From tetraphenylethene to tetranaphthylethene: structural evolution in AIE luminogen continues

Jian Zhou; Zhengfeng Chang; Yibin Jiang; Bairong He; Man Du; Ping Lu; Yuning Hong; Hoi Sing Kwok; Anjun Qin; Huayu Qiu; Zujin Zhao; Ben Zhong Tang

doi:10.1039/C3CC00010A

From tetraphenylethene to tetranaphthylethene: structural evolution in AIE luminogen continues†

Jian Zhou,^a Zhengfeng Chang,^a Yibin Jiang,^b Bairong He,^a Man Du,^a Ping Lu,^c Yuning Hong,^d Hoi Sing Kwok,^b Anjun Qin,^e Huayu Qiu,^a Zujin Zhao*^a and Ben Zhong Tang*^d

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^a College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China
E-mail: zujinzhao@gmail.com

^b Center for Display Research, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

^c State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

^d Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: tangbenz@ust.hk

^e Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

Abstract

Replacement of phenyl ring(s) in tetraphenylethene by naphthalene ring(s) generates a series of new luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics, demonstrating that bulky naphthalene rings can serve as a rotor to construct AIE luminogens.

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From tetraphenylethene to tetranaphthylethene: structural evolution in AIE luminogen continues†

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