Issue 38, 2017

Monomeric and aggregation emissions of tetraphenylethene in a photo-switchable polymer controlled by cyclization of diarylethene and solvent conditions

Abstract

A novel photo-switchable polymer P-PHT containing diarylethene (DAE) and tetraphenylethene (TPE) moieties and a triazole linker in the repeating unit was synthesized to study the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behaviour of TPE with both the open and closed forms of DAE in P-PHT with high water contents. The photo-switching phenomena of DAE (from open to closed forms under UV-irradiation) in P-PHT were prominent in organic solvent (THF), high water contents (at 90% H2O) and acidic conditions. Upon UV-irradiation of P-PHT at 90% water content, the AIE of TPE was completely quenched via an energy transfer event from TPE to cyclized DAE. Interestingly, the rare monomeric emission of TPE was first discovered by the photo-cyclization of DAE in P-PHT compared with the AIE behaviour of TPE with the open form of DAE in P-PHT with AIE favourable conditions of high water content (90% H2O) and acidic conditions.

Graphical abstract: Monomeric and aggregation emissions of tetraphenylethene in a photo-switchable polymer controlled by cyclization of diarylethene and solvent conditions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jul 2017
Accepted
05 Sep 2017
First published
05 Sep 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 9952-9962

Monomeric and aggregation emissions of tetraphenylethene in a photo-switchable polymer controlled by cyclization of diarylethene and solvent conditions

R. Singh, H. Wu, A. Kumar Dwivedi, A. Singh, C. Lin, P. Raghunath, M. Lin, T. Wu, K. Wei and H. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 9952 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC03071A

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