基于六苯基苯骨架四苯基乙烯衍生物的合成及聚集诱导发光性质研究

设计合成了三个基于六苯基苯骨架结构的四苯基乙烯衍生物HPB-nTPE (n=2, 4, 6), 它们的分解温度均在440 ℃以上, 具有很好的热稳定性. 研究了化合物的均相溶液、聚集体以及固体粉末的光物理性质. 该类化合物具有典型的聚集诱导发光性质, 在均相溶液中几乎不发光, 而形成聚集体后发出明亮的蓝绿色荧光, 荧光量子产率分别为0.37, 0.36和0.37, 与均相溶液中相比增强了400多倍. HPB-nTPE固态呈无定形结构, 荧光量子产率分别为0.39, 0.36和0.36, 约为固态四苯基乙烯的1.8倍. HPB-nTPE的聚集态和固态的高发光量子产率来自两方面的贡献, 一是凝聚态抑制了四苯基乙烯基团中苯环的自由旋转引起的激发态非辐射跃迁, 另一方面是星形刚性六苯基苯骨架进一步抑制了凝聚态分子内和分子间四苯基乙烯基团π-π堆积引起的激发态非辐射跃迁过程, 从而提高了四苯基乙烯基团的辐射跃迁效率. 本研究对高效有机光功能材料的发展有重要意义.     

Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics of o‐Carborane‐Functionalized Tetraphenylethylene Luminogens: The Influence of Carborane Cages on Photoluminescence

Tetraphenylethylene (TPE)–carborane hybrids are constructed, and the impact of carborane substituents on the aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) characteristics of TPE‐cores has been investigated. When altering the 2‐R‐group on the carborane unit with ‐H, ‐CH₃ or phenyl group, the luminescent quantum yield of the corresponding TPE derivatives can be manipulated from 0.18 to 0.63 in the solid state. The emission color exhibits an obvious 100 nm shift (from blue to yellow).     

Three-Color White Photoluminescence Emission Using Perovskite Nanoplatelets and Organic Emitter

Three organic blue-light-emitting tetraphenylethylene (TPE) derivatives that exhibit aggregation-induced emission (AIE) were used as additives in the preparation of inorganic perovskite-structured green-light-emitting materials for three-color white-light emission. For these organic–inorganic light-emitting materials, two-color (blue and green) light-emitting films based on the CsPbBr₃ perovskite-structured green-light-emitting inorganic material were prepared. The three TPE derivatives were prepared by varying the number of bromide groups, and a distinct AIE effect was confirmed when the derivatives were dissolved in a water–tetrahydrofuran mixed solvent containing 90 vol% water. When 0.2 molar ratio of the 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(4-bromophenyl)ethylene (TeBrTPE) additive was mixed with nanocrystal-pinning toluene solvent, the green-light-emission photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQY) value at 535 nm was 47 times greater than that of the pure bulk CsPbBr₃ without additives and a blue emission at 475 nm was observed from the TeBrTPE itself. When a CBP:Ir(piq)₃ film was prepared on top of this layer, three PL peaks with maximum wavelength values of 470, 535, and 613 nm were confirmed. The film exhibited white-light emission with CIE color coordinates of (0.25, 0.36).     

Selective Fluorescence Turn‐On Sensing of Phosphate Anion in Water by Tetraphenylethylene Dimethylformamidine

A tetraphenylethylene (TPE) derivative bearing two dimethylformamidine units was synthesized. The dihydrogen chloride salt of this TPE derivative was soluble in water and showed almost no emission. By addition of phosphate anions, the dihydrogen chloride salt could be transformed into the monohydrogen chloride salt, which was barely soluble and emitted strong fluorescence through aggregation‐induced emission (AIE), while many other anions could not bring about a fluorescence enhancement. Meanwhile, the dihydrogen chloride salt and monohydrogen chloride salt could be reversible transformed by addition of acid and base alternately in the presence of phosphate anion, which led to fluorescence turn‐on and turn‐off. Therefore, the TPE dimethylformamidine holds potential for selectively sensing phosphate anions in water and use as fluorescence pH switch. This study provided a new approach to AIEgen sensors by using formamidine groups.     

Reevaluating the Solution Photophysics of Tetraphenylethylene at the Origin of their Aggregation-Induced Emission Properties

Although tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and its derivatives have been the most commonly used building blocks in the construction of molecules with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties, no absolute consensus exists regarding the mechanisms at the origin of the phenomenon. Restriction of intramolecular rotations (RIR) of peripheral phenyls has historically been a dominant paradigm, which has served as a valuable guideline in the molecular engineering of AIEgens. Yet, an increasing number of recent works have established that photoisomerization or photocyclization may actively participate in the nonradiative dissipation of the excitation energy. In this paper, the first experimental evaluation of the quantum efficiencies of these different processes is reported, and photoisomerization is shown to be by far the dominant photophysical pathway in solution, accounting for virtually all nonradiative decay of the molecule‘s excited state in degassed solution.     

Triphenylamine,Carbazole or Tetraphenylethylene-Functionalized Benzothiadiazole Derivatives: Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Solvatochromic and Different Mechanoresponsive Fluorescence Characteristics

The development of mechanochromic fluorophors with high-brightness, solid-state fluorescence is very significant and challenging. Herein, highly solid-state emissive triphenylamine, carbazole and tetraphenylethylene-functionalized benzothiadiazole derivatives were developed. These compounds showed remarkable aggregation-induced emission and solvatochromic fluorescence characteristics. Furthermore, these fluorogenic compounds also displayed different mechanically triggering fluorescence responses.     

四苯乙烯和三苯乙烯修饰的8-羟基喹啉聚集诱导发光特性研究

将2-甲基-8-羟基喹啉与四苯乙烯或三苯乙烯基团结合,合成了两种新型喹啉衍生物(4-Br-TPE-8HQ及TriPE-8HQ),并对其进行了光物理性能研究。结果发现,连接有四苯乙烯的喹啉衍生物能够体现聚集诱导发光(AIE)特性,而连接三苯乙烯的喹啉衍生物却显示温和的聚集诱导猝灭(ACQ)效应,实现了通过功能基团来调节目标分子聚集诱导效应的目的。研究发现,不同体系下分子的整体平面性有所不同,其中三苯乙烯修饰的衍生物在溶液中的荧光寿命(0.55 ns)高于固体荧光寿命(0.43 ns);循环伏安法证明两者具有良好的电化学稳定性,计算得到的4-Br-TPE-8HQ和TriPE-8HQ的LUMO能级分别为-2.40 eV和-2.43 eV,表明为两个化合物注入电子是可行的。     

新型四苯乙烯衍生物的设计合成及其在羧酸酯酶活性分析中的应用

设计合成了一个含有p-乙酰氧基苄基单元的四苯乙烯吡啶盐衍生物,利用羧酸酯酶选择性地切除乙酰基以及所致的连锁反应将其从水溶性吡啶盐结构转为中性吡啶结构,使其聚集,实现荧光“点亮”,从而发展了新型的羧酸酯酶活性分析和抑制剂筛选的荧光探针.     

In Situ Monitoring of RAFT Polymerization by Tetraphenylethylene‐Containing Agents with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics

A facile and efficient approach is demonstrated to visualize the polymerization in situ. A group of tetraphenylethylene (TPE)‐containing dithiocarbamates were synthesized and screened as agents for reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerizations. The spatial‐temporal control characteristics of photochemistry enabled the RAFT polymerizations to be ON and OFF on demand under alternating visible light irradiation. The emission of TPE is sensitive to the local viscosity change owing to its aggregation‐induced emission characteristic. Quantitative information could be easily acquired by the naked eye without destroying the reaction system. Furthermore, the versatility of such a technique was well demonstrated by 12 different polymerization systems. The present approach thus demonstrated a powerful platform for understanding the controlled living radical polymerization process.     

Color-tunable and Highly Emissive Solid Materials Constructed from Tetraphenylethylene-o-carborane-based Building Blocks: Synthesis,Aggregation-induced emission,and Photophysics

A novel kind of expanded tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-carborane-TPE pentad has been synthesized by using two adjacent carborane moieties as central bridges and three TPE units in lateral positions. Its solid-state fluorescence quantum yield was substantially increased to 68.2% by expanding the number of bridges between carborane and TPE. Subsequently, the emission color shifted from blue to orange-yellow (126 nm). Mechanical insights into the electronic structure of the extended TPE-carborane-TPE pentads were obtained from density functional theory (DFT) calculations.     

Fluorescent Polymeric Micelles with Tetraphenylethylene Moieties and Their Application for the Selective Detection of Glucose

By linking TPE moieties that exhibit aggregation‐induced (enhanced) emission to the amphiphilic copolymer 1 , fluorescent micelles are prepared and characterized. The polymeric micelles exhibit relatively strong fluorescence which can be tuned by heating and cooling. By combining cascaded enzymatic (oxidation of D ‐glucose with GOx) and chemical (oxidation of I^– by H₂O₂) reactions, the fluorescent micelles of copolymer 1 are successfully utilized for the selective detection of D ‐glucose in aqueous solution. The influences of proteins (e.g., bovine serum albumin) and reductants (e.g., ascorbic acid) on this fluorescence detection of D ‐glucose are also discussed.

     

Decomposition‐Assembly of Tetraphenylethylene Nanoparticles With Uniform Size and Aggregation‐Induced Emission property

Tetraphenylethylene (TPE)‐substituted poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH‐g‐TPE) is synthesized by a Schiff base reaction between PAH and TPE‐CHO. The PAH‐g‐TPE forms micelles in water at pH 6, which are further transformed into pure TPE‐CHO nanoparticles (NPs) with a diameter of ≈300 nm after incubation in a solution of low pH value. In contrast, only amorphous precipitates are obtained when TPE‐CHO methanol solution is incubated in water. The aggregation‐induced emission feature of the TPE molecule is completely retained in the TPE NPs, which can be internalized into cells and show blue fluorescence. Formation mechanism of the TPE NPs is proposed by taking into account the guidance effect of linear and charged PAH molecules, and the propeller‐stacking manner between the TPE‐CHO molecules.     

Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Aggregation‐Promoted Photo‐oxidation in Thiophene‐Substituted Tetraphenylethylene Derivative

Aggregation‐induced emission combined with aggregation‐promoted photo‐oxidation has been reported only in two works quite recently. In fact, this phenomenon is not commonly observed for AIE‐active molecules. In this work, a new tetraphenylethylene derivative (TPE‐4T) with aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) and aggregation‐promoted photo‐oxidation was synthesized and investigated. The pristine TPE‐4T film exhibits strong bluish‐green emission, which turns to quite weak yellow emission after UV irradiation. Interestingly, after solvent treatment, the weakly fluorescent intermediate will become bright‐yellow emitting. Moreover, the morphology of the TPE‐4T film could be regulated by UV irradiation. The wettability of the TPE‐4T microcrystalline surface is drastically changed from hydrophobic to hydrophilic. This work contributes a new member to the aggregation induced photo‐oxidation family and enriches the photo‐oxidation study of tetraphenylethylene derivatives.     

Aggregation-induced multicolor luminescent nanoparticles with adaptive and fixed cores derived from brominated tetraphenylethene-containing block copolymer

Aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active nanoparticles (NPs) exhibiting multicolor fluorescence and high-quantum yields independent of the environment are important for the further development of next-generation smart fluorescent materials. In this work, AIE-active amphiphilic block copolymers were designed and synthesized by RAFT polymerization of a brominated tetraphenylethene (TPE)-containing acrylate (A-TPE-Br). The block copolymer exhibited typical AIE effects in selective solvents, which can be explained by hydrophobic TPE aggregated in the core during micelle formation. Luminescent core–shell NPs with a crosslinked AIE core (fixed structure) were synthesized by the Suzuki coupling reaction of the bromine groups of the assembled block copolymer and boronic acid compounds. The NPs composed of TPE/thiophene crosslinked core showed green emission in both diluted state and solid state, implying the ability to fluoresce regardless of environmental changes and molecular dispersion. Multicolor luminescent NPs capable of changing color from blue to red were synthesized by changing the coupling compounds, such as anthracene for electron-rich units and benzothiadiazole for electron-deficient units. The effects of the nature of the donor and acceptor, as well as their combination (TPE/donor/acceptor sequence), on the color and fluorescent intensity of the core crosslinked NPs in the nonpolar and polar solvents, and solid state, were investigated.     

二咔唑四苯乙烯多功能发光化合物的合成与性能

合成了一种新型的具有压致荧光变色效应的聚集诱导增强发光(PAIE)化合物二咔唑四苯乙烯; 通过核磁共振、质谱和元素分析等手段对其进行了结构表征; 利用紫外吸收光谱、荧光发射光谱、热分析和X射线衍射等手段研究了化合物的基本性能. 实验结果表明, 随着水含量的增加, 该化合物溶液荧光强度增强了171倍, 荧光量子产率提高了100倍, 表现出明显的聚集诱导增强发光效应; 在外界因素作用下该化合物固体样品可实现结晶态与无定形态的相互转变. 结晶态的荧光发射波长为450 nm, 无定形态为480 nm, 相差30 nm, 说明该化合物具有明显的压致荧光变色效应; 将该化合物用于制备发光器件, 未经优化的器件亮度达2438 cd/m², 电流效率为2.87 cd/A, 流明效率为1.81 lm/W. 该化合物是一种多功能材料.     

4,4'-[(2,2-二苯乙烯)-1,1-双(4,1-亚苯基)]二吡啶的合成、表征及其聚集诱导发光性能研究

以提升学生的实验操作及创新能力为目的的综合化学实验，采用简单的2步法（缩合和Suzuki反应）合成了一种具有聚集诱导发光性能的化合物4，4'-[（2，2-二苯乙烯）-1，1-双（4，1-亚苯基）]二吡啶（简称2Py-TPE）。利用过滤、洗涤、萃取、干燥和柱层析等常用的有机分离操作手段对该化合物进行纯化；使用核磁共振仪、高分辨质谱仪、红外光谱仪及稳态瞬态荧光光谱仪对其进行结构表征和聚集诱导发光性能研究。该实验不仅可以促使学生了解以四苯乙烯衍生物为代表的聚集诱导发光材料的研究现状，而且能够培养学生的综合实验能力和科学探究能力。     

Water‐soluble AIE‐Active Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles: Design,Preparation and Application for Specific Detection of Cysteine over Homocysteine and Glutathione in Living Cells

Water‐soluble ratiometric AIE‐active fluorescent organic nanoparticles 2OA‐FON for the specific sensing of cysteine over other biothiols are reported. The obtained amphiphilic probe included olefin aldehyde as recognizing unit, tetraphenylethylene as fluorescence reporter and lactose moiety as a hydrophilic group. This work provides a general design strategy based on the introduction of a sugar moiety into a hydrophobic AIEgen to develop ratiometric water‐soluble fluorescent organic nanoparticles.     

具有聚集诱导发光效应的聚炔材料的合成及光学性能研究

合成了三种含有四苯基乙烯结构的双炔烃.这些双炔烃单体通过在CuCl催化下在邻二氯苯中进行的均聚反应可以高产率地生成线型聚炔.所得聚合物均可很好地溶解于常见有机溶剂中,并具有很高的热稳定性.这类聚炔材料在溶液态时几乎不发光,但在聚集态或者固态下可高度发光,表现出典型的聚集诱导发光性质.同时,这些聚合物具有高透光性,可以允许整个可见光区的光透过.其薄膜在400～1700 nm宽波长范围内表现出高折射率（n=1.7787～1.6543）和低色差（D'=0.0003）.紫外光照射可诱使聚合物薄膜发生交联过程,从而调控其折射率数值,并可生成高分辨率的荧光图案.     

Photophysical Switching between Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence and Dual-State Emission by Isomeric Substitution

It is attractive but highly challenging to achieve controllable regulation of photophysical properties of pure organic luminogens, due to distinct work mechanisms and molecular structures. Here, a strategy to regulate in a controllable way the emission behavior of luminogens is reported, according to which long-lived aggregation-induced emission (AIE) can be switched to short-lived dual-state emission (DSE) by an isomer-based substitution reaction. Three luminogens with sharply different photophysical behaviors, including aggregation-induced phosphorescence and dual-state fluorescence emission, were obtained through a substitution reaction with three isomers. Freely rotating structures are attributed to aggregation-induced phosphorescence behavior, whereas twisted rigidification of the molecule greatly contributes to its dual-state emission phenomenon. This work contributes to the controlled regulation of photophysical behaviors through simple reactions and provides a solid evidence to support the key role of the prohibition of intramolecular rotation in aggregation-induced emission process and molecular design of dual-state emitters.