小分子脂肪酮亚胺的光致发光行为

非传统有机发光材料因其独特的发光行为和发光机理近年来受到越来越多的关注.一些芳香族亚胺类化合物(席夫碱)已被发现具有聚集诱导发光的行为,但还没有关于小分子脂肪酮亚胺发光行为的报道.本工作发现多种小分子脂肪伯胺与丙酮在室温下反应就可以得到具有强荧光发射的产物,其荧光发射随反应时间增加而增强,且其最大激发波长和发射波长均发生显著的红移,最大发射波长超过600 nm.对各种伯胺和丙酮反应产物的结构表征证实均生成了脂肪酮亚胺化合物.脂肪酮亚胺化合物表现出浓度增强荧光发射行为,随浓度的增大,荧光强度增大且荧光发射红移.酮亚胺的荧光发射具有聚集增强特性,其聚集体尺寸随浓度增大而增大.酮亚胺的荧光发射还对溶剂等刺激有响应.理论计算结果显示,随聚集分子数增加,聚集体的HOMO–LUMO能级差逐渐减小.该研究拓展了非典型发光物质的范围,具有潜在的应用价值.     

肝素与高迁移率族蛋白1相互作用的光谱研究

研究了肝素对高迁移率族蛋白1(HMGB1)构象的影响,探讨了肝素抑制HMGB1促炎活性的机制.采用荧光光谱仪和圆二色谱仪研究终浓度分别为10、50、100、1 000和10 000 u/L的肝素与HMGB1结合的特征,不加肝素做空白对照.荧光光谱显示,加入肝素后,HMGB1的荧光峰值呈先升高再下降的特征,并且随着温度增高荧光强度有所下降;同步荧光光谱显示发射波长发生了红移;圆二色谱显示,HMGB1在加入肝素以后,各种二级结构的组分发生了明显的变化,β折叠的含量相应减少,α螺旋的含量相应增加.当HMGB1为0.025 g/L时,加入50 u/L的肝素对荧光峰值、同步荧光发射波长和二级结构组分的影响最为明显.实验表明肝素与HMGB1作用改变了HMGB1的构象,该作用不与肝素浓度呈正相关.提示肝素通过改变HMGB1构象起到抑制HMGB1促炎活性的作用,该效应可能不与肝素使用剂量呈正相关,使用较低剂量的肝素可能既能获得较强的抗炎效果,又能大幅降低使用肝素导致出血的风险.     

9-戊基咔唑-3,6-双-(炔苯基-4-甲酸乙酯)的合成与双光子特性研究

采用钯催化的碳碳偶合反应合成了9-戊基咔唑-3,6-双-(炔苯基-4-甲酸乙酯)(I).进一步研究了化合物I在四氢呋喃和40%四氢呋喃水溶液中的光物理性质,结果显示,化合物I在40%四氢呋喃水溶液中的紫外吸收峰位置与其四氢呋喃溶液相比没有发生明显移动,它在40%四氢呋喃水溶液中的单光子荧光发射峰出现在453 nm,较其在四氢呋喃溶液的发射有42 nm红移,其荧光量子效率为0.44.用波长为660 nm飞秒激光激发时,化合物I在40%四氢呋喃水溶液中的双光子荧光发射最大峰红移至489 nm,其双光子吸收截面值为251GM,比其在四氢呋喃溶液中的截面(151 GM)增强了60%.     

含四苯基乙烯的炔酮衍生物的设计合成、聚集诱导发光性质及其对Pd2+的选择性荧光检测

聚集诱导发光（AIE）材料吸引了许多光电器件和生物荧光技术领域的科学家的关注.对聚集诱导发光化合物构效关系的深入理解对于设计新材料至关重要.在本工作中,基于经典的AIE基元四苯基乙烯,设计并合成了一系列具有AIE性质,含不同电子给体/受体取代基的炔酮衍生物.对这一系列化合物的光物理性质进行了系统研究并分别探讨了取代基团对发光波长、发光效率和AIE性质的影响.它们的聚集态最大发射波长位于511～565 nm,在四氢呋喃/水混合溶液中的荧光量子产率可达31%.在末端苯环上的电子给体/受体取代基团会降低聚集态的发光效率,而引入硝基取代基则会在发射波长红移的同时,显著猝灭荧光.最为重要的是,这些化合物结构中的炔酮基元可以在一系列金属离子中选择性地与Pd²⁺配位,猝灭纳米聚集体的发光,并有望作为一个有效的Pd²⁺荧光传感器.     

利用聚合物自组装实现绿色荧光蛋白生色团的荧光增强

根据绿色荧光蛋白的发光原理,采用聚乙二醇与聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯的两亲性两嵌段聚合物通过自组装包覆生色团的方式,模拟了绿色荧光蛋白发光,考察了组装行为对光学性能的影响,并将其用于细胞成像.通过核磁共振、高分辨质谱、傅里叶变换红外光谱、凝胶渗透色谱、紫外-可见吸收光谱及荧光光谱等表征了生色团分子和聚合物的结构及性能.生色团紫外最大吸收在371 nm,荧光最大发射峰在428 nm.聚合物和生色团进行组装后,其紫外吸收消失,而最大荧光发射峰强度大大增强,且发生了约70 nm的红移,这是因为组装使得生色团的自由旋转受到了限制,且生色团共平面性增加.动态光散射(DLS)和透射电镜(TEM)证明了纳米粒子的结构和尺寸.由于尺寸适合且具有较好的荧光性能,纳米粒子成功应用于细胞成像.这种绿色荧光蛋白生色团的简单自组装方式在生物成像领域具有良好应用前景.     

3-(三聚氧乙烯)取代聚噻吩的合成与聚集增强发光

通过2-溴-5-碘-3-(三聚氧乙烯)取代噻吩大分子单体的合成、镍催化缩聚等,得到Mn为6000的3-(三聚氧乙烯)取代聚噻吩(P3OET).在非选择性良溶剂四氢呋喃中,P3OET溶液发射橙色荧光.在选择性极性溶剂诱导作用下,P3OET在水中自组装形成稳定的球形自组装体,荧光峰相对红移而发射橙红色光,伴随荧光强度减弱;而在甲醇中,P3OET形成丝状自组装体,荧光峰相对蓝移而发射亮黄色光,但是荧光强度增强,表现出聚集增强发光现象.类似于含有低聚氧乙烯短支链的聚烯烃,P3OET在水溶液中还具有温度响应特性.当水溶液温度升高,荧光峰逐渐蓝移,并且荧光强度增强.P3OET自组装体可进入小鼠黑色素瘤B16F10细胞,并且发光而用于成像.利用控温热台适当加热细胞,或者使用解偶联剂、抗癌药物等化学刺激使细胞活动产生热量时,发光性质随细胞温度升高而发生蓝移、强度增强等规律性变化.     

1,4-双(4′-N,N-二甲基氨基苯乙烯基)萘的合成及荧光性质

利用Wittig反应合成了一个以萘为π-Center的对称型“D-π-D”有机绿色发光化合物1,4 双(4′-N,N-二甲基氨基苯乙烯基)萘(BDASN),并测试了其在不同环境中的光谱性质.在378nm激发波长的激发下,BDASN显示出很强的荧光发射峰,峰位在521nm(CH₂Cl₂).随着溶剂极性增大,最大发射波长红移且荧光强度降低,与“D-π-A”分子具有相似的分子内电荷转移(TICT)行为.在β-环糊精(β-CD)中BDASN的绿色发光带被猝灭,同时在450nm附近蓝发光带的荧光强度骤增.     

有机荧光分子2-氰基-3-(3, 4-二甲氧基苯基)-2-丙烯酰胺的可逆压致变色和质子刺激响应性能

设计合成了3-芳基-2-腈基丙烯酰胺类有机发光小分子2-氰基-3-(3, 4-二甲氧基苯基)-2-丙烯酰胺(CDMPA)。经研究发现, CDMPA化合物具有明显的压致变色和酸致变色现象。在外力刺激下,化合物CDMPA荧光最大发射峰发生20 nm的红移,经过加热或蒸汽处理后可恢复初始状态。对样品研磨前后粉末的X射线衍射图谱及荧光寿命衰减曲线进行测试分析得出, CDMPA压致变色现象归因于分子构型由晶态到无定形态的转化。另外,在酸刺激下CDMPA发光颜色由蓝光红移至黄光,最大发射波长红移33 nm。经过二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)处理后可恢复到初始状态。由测试得到的红外光谱及分子轨道理论计算推测,酸致变色现象是由氨基取代基的质子化影响了CDMPA前线分子轨道引起的。本研究可使人们深入了解这种类型材料的多刺激响应发光机制,且显著的颜色变化性能使CDMPA在传感器和检测装置方面具有潜在的应用前景。     

有机荧光分子2-氰基-3-(3,4-二甲氧基苯基)-2-丙烯酰胺的可逆压致变色和质子刺激响应性能（英文）

设计合成了3-芳基-2-腈基丙烯酰胺类有机发光小分子2-氰基-3-(3,4-二甲氧基苯基)-2-丙烯酰胺(CDMPA)。经研究发现,CDMPA化合物具有明显的压致变色和酸致变色现象。在外力刺激下,化合物CDMPA荧光最大发射峰发生20 nm的红移,经过加热或蒸汽处理后可恢复初始状态。对样品研磨前后粉末的X射线衍射图谱及荧光寿命衰减曲线进行测试分析得出,CDMPA压致变色现象归因于分子构型由晶态到无定形态的转化。另外,在酸刺激下CDMPA发光颜色由蓝光红移至黄光,最大发射波长红移33 nm。经过二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)处理后可恢复到初始状态。由测试得到的红外光谱及分子轨道理论计算推测,酸致变色现象是由氨基取代基的质子化影响了CDMPA前线分子轨道引起的。本研究可使人们深入了解这种类型材料的多刺激响应发光机制,且显著的颜色变化性能使CDMPA在传感器和检测装置方面具有潜在的应用前景。     

新型可溶性酞菁的合成和光致发光及电致发光性质

以3(4)-硝基邻苯二腈和对甲氧基苯酚为原料, 经过两步反应合成了α(β)-四(4-甲氧基苯氧基)酞菁锌, 通过谱学方法和元素分析表征了其结构. 比较研究其溶液和旋涂膜的紫外可见光谱、光致发光光谱和固体薄片的光致发光光谱. 并以其旋涂膜为发光层制备了电致发光器件, 研究其电致发光性质. 结果表明, 固态酞菁材料与其溶液的荧光发射波长相比均向长波方向移动了145 nm以上, 而且都有不同程度的宽展. 在固态下β-位取代酞菁荧光发射波长红移的程度比α-位取代酞菁大. 电致发光光谱的发射波长和其旋涂膜的光致发光光谱的发射波长基本一致, 大约在856和862 nm左右. 在固态下酞菁分子排列紧密, 分子间相互作用增强导致了荧光发射波长的巨大红移.     

水溶性荧光增强共轭聚合物的合成及性能研究

通过Suzuki反应将1,2-二[4-(6-溴己氧基)苯基]-1,2-二(4-溴苯基)乙烯与1,4-对苯二硼酸丙二醇酯共聚得到含有四苯乙烯基团的共轭聚合物P-0,通过后功能化得到了具有良好水溶性的聚合物P-1.通过1H-NMR、MALDI-TOF、MS和凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)对其结构进行表征.测定了P-1在水溶液中的紫外吸收光谱、荧光发射光谱以及荧光量子产率.通过P-1与小分子化合物MC-1的对比,P-1的荧光增强灵敏度优于MC-1.在P-1的溶液中分别加入沉淀剂或带有负电荷的生物大分子,两者的紫外吸收光谱与荧光发射光谱有很大的差异,通过结果对比,初步探讨了聚集诱导荧光增强的机理,经过静电作用限制苯环内旋转可以实现荧光强度的线型增长.     

Aggregation-induced emission of tetraphenylethene derivative as a fluorescence method for probing the assembling/disassembling of amphiphilic molecules

The aggregation-induced emission (AIE) of a 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-di(p-tolyl)ethene (TPE) was explored as a novel fluorescence method for probing the assembling/disassembling of amphiphilic molecules. The fluorescence intensity was able to monitor the formation of micelles and determine the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of surfactants. The temperature-dependent micellization of the pharmaceutically important PEO-PPO-PEO copolymer, Pluronic F127, was further studied by using the TPE fluorescence spectrum intensity. Our results showed good agreement with those reported in the literature by using other methods. The special advantage of the AIE probe method was further explored to determine the assembling/disassembling process of the colored amphiphilic molecule, 1-[4-(3-phenylazophenoxy)butyl]triethylamine bromide (AzoC4), whose CMC value has not previously been described. Since the TPE fluorescence signal mainly comes from the aqueous phase, not from the inside of hydrophobic core, it provides a possible platform to study the CMC of those colored surfactants. Based on the novel fluorescence properties of TPE in the aggregated and dispersed states, one can conclude that the TPE method is a promising method for the determination of the CMC and critical micellization temperature (CMT), particularly having a special advantage to determine the assembling/disassembling process of colored amphiphilic molecules.     

Protein detection and quantitation by tetraphenylethene-based fluorescent probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Three functionalized derivatives of tetraphenylethylene (TPE), namely, 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2-diphenylethene (1), 1,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2-diphenylethene (2), and 1,2-bis[4-(3-sulfonatopropoxyl)phenyl]-1,2-diphenylethene sodium salt (3), were synthesized and their fluorescence properties were investigated. All the TPE molecules are nonluminescent in the solution state but are induced to emit efficiently by aggregate formation. This novel process of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is rationalized to be caused by the restriction of intramolecular rotations of the dye molecules in the aggregate state. The possibility of utilizing the AIE effect for protein detection and quantification is explored using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model protein, with salt 3 being found to perform as a stable, sensitive, and selective bioprobe.     

Tetraphenylethylene and N-isopropylacrylamide block polymer-grafted carbon dots with their application in cellular imaging

Carbon dots (CDs) grafted with block polymer of tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and N-isopropylacrylamide (CD-g-poly(TPE-block-NIPAM)) were synthesized, which are aggregation-induced emission (AIE) nanoparticles. The CD-g-poly(TPE-block-NIPAM) exhibited different fluorescence behaviors in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and water. In THF, the CD-g-poly(TPE-block-NIPAM) could fluoresce, but only from CDs, and the TPE block showed no fluorescence. The fluorescence of CDs was quenched ,and the TPE block showed AIE, when the CD-g-poly(TPE-block-NIPAM) were dispersed in water. The CD-g-poly(TPE-block-NIPAM) showed no cytotoxicity, which could be easily internalized by human breast cancer cells and human embryonic kidney cells with high fluorescence, and they can be used as fluorescent tracers for living cells.     

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

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 Φ_F,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.     

Click synthesis, aggregation-induced emission, E/Z isomerization, self-organization, and multiple chromisms of pure stereoisomers of a tetraphenylethene-cored luminogen

It has been difficult to decipher the mechanistic issue whether E/Z isomerization is involved in the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) process of a tetraphenylethene (TPE) derivative, due to the difficulty in the synthesis of its pure E and Z conformers. In this work, pure stereoisomers of a TPE derivative named 1,2-bis{4-[1-(6-phenoxyhexyl)-4-(1,2,3-triazol)yl]phenyl}-1,2-diphenylethene (BPHTATPE) are successfully synthesized. Both isomers show remarkable AIE effect (α(AIE) ≥ 322) and high fluorescence quantum yield in the solid state (Φ(F) 100%). The conformers readily undergo E/Z isomerization upon exposure to a powerful UV light and treatment at a high temperature (>200 °C). Such conformational change, however, is not observed under normal fluorescence spectrum measurement conditions, excluding the involvement of the E/Z isomerization in the AIE process of the TPE-based luminogen. The molecules of (E)-BPHTATPE self-organize into ordered one-dimensional nanostructures such as microfibers and nanorods that show obvious optical waveguide effect. BPHTATPE shows rich chromic effects, including mechano-, piezo-, thermo-, vapo-, and chronochromisms. Its emission peak is bathochromically shifted by simple grinding and pressurization and the spectral change is reversed by fuming with a polar solvent, heating at a high temperature, or storing at room temperature for some time. The multiple chromic processes are all associated with changes in the modes of molecular packing.     

Effective enhancement of the emission efficiency of tetraphenylporphyrin in solid state by tetraphenylethene modification

Evidently enhanced red emission efficiency from the solid state of tetraphenylporphyrin derivative was achieved by modification with tetraphenylethene units.     

AIE Ligand Constructed Zn(Ⅱ)Complex with Reversible Photo-induced Color and Emission Changes

Fluoran salicylaldehyde hydrazone metal complex(FSHMC)is a kind of recently reported photo-responsive system,which has the advantages of simple synthesis,multiple colors as well as distinct color change before and after UV light irradiation.However,the emission property of FSHMC is relatively unitary.In solid state,especially,only fluorescence quench is induced after UV light irradiation,which limits their applications.In this work,a typical aggregation-induced emission(AIE)moiety of tetraphenylethene(TPE)was introduced to the design of FSHMC.The obtained FSHMC,2-Zn,exhibited reversible color and fluorescence changes upon UV light irradiation.Due to the AIE feature of compound 2,2-Zn exhibited different emission changes upon UV light irradiation in THF and in solid matrix,because of the fluorescence resonance energy transfer(FRET)process from TPE moiety to rhodamine B moiety.     

Synthesis of nanostructures based on 1,4- and 1,3,5-ethynylphenyl subunits with pi-extended conjugation. Carbon dendron units

Nanometer-sized conjugated 1,4- and 1,3,5-ethynylphenyl oligomers were synthesized starting from 3,5-di(trimethylsilylethynyl)phenylacetylene and p-[3,5-di(trimethylsilylethynyl)-1-ethynylphenyl]phenyl acetylene by cross-coupling reaction with a convenient haloaryl derivative, catalyzed by palladium(II)/copper(I), in excellent yield. The terminal acetylenes were efficiently prepared by a specific protection-deprotection methodology. All ethynylphenyl homologues obtained show fluorescence emission, with the bathochromic shift of approximately 20 nm by each ethynylphenyl unit increasing the conjugate chain. Parallel conjugated ethynylphenyl chains were prepared through the insertion of a 1,5-naphthalene subunit, and the compounds exhibit fluorescence radiation emission.     

Water‐soluble Glucosamine‐coated AIE‐Active Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles: Design,Synthesis and Assembly for Specific Detection of Heparin Based on Carbohydrate–Carbohydrate Interactions

Two water‐soluble carbohydrate‐coated AIE‐activate fluorescent organic nanoparticles TPE3G and TPE4G were designed and synthesized for the detection of heparin. Different from the reported strategy, we not only utilized the general detection mechanism of electrostatic interactions, but also introduced the concept of carbohydrate‐carbohydrate interactions (CCIs) to enrich the detection mechanism of heparin. TPE3G can serve as an efficient “turn‐on” probe with higher selectivity towards heparin than TPE4G . TEM studies revealed that the micro‐aggregated TPE3G was encapsulated with the heparin chain to form a complex self‐assemblied composite and emits strong fluorescence. It is believed that the results illustrated in this study provide a novel strategy based on CCls to design water‐soluble and more efficient bio‐probes for various biological and clinical applications.