Facile Preparation of Bright‐Fluorescent Soft Materials from Small Organic Molecules |
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| Authors: | Dr Hang‐Xing Wang Ze Yang Zhong‐Guo Liu Jia‐Yun Wan Juan Xiao Prof Hao‐Li Zhang |
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| Institution: | 1. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, P.R. China;2. State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials and Structure Design (MOE), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | Highly fluorescent and biocompatible soft materials are desirable for many potential applications, but their synthetic processes are somehow complicated. Herein, we have explored the feasibility of synthesis of unconventional fluorescence soft materials from small organic molecules under mild conditions. A new blue‐fluorescent soft material with high quantum yield (89.6 %) and eutectic feature prepared by simple heat treatment of citric acid (CA) and cysteine (Cys) aqueous mixtures below 100 °C in air was reported. The as‐prepared fluorescent material has the features of facile preparation, low cost, scalable production and easy to process, making it suitable for applications like fluorescent labeling and light‐emitting devices. This new finding opens a new venue for the preparation of fluorescent soft materials. |
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| Keywords: | electrostatic interactions gels hydrogen bonds fluorescence synthetic methods |
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