Issue 8, 2016

Triphenylamine-based luminogens and fluorescent polyimides: effects of functional groups and substituents on photophysical behaviors

Abstract

We prepared four series of triphenylamine (TPA)-based luminogens with various functional groups (diphthalic imide, tetracarboxylic acid, diphthalic anhydride, and pristine TPA) and substituted groups (–H, –Br, –CHO, and –CN), and corresponding fluorescent polyimides (PIs) were prepared from triarylamine-based dianhydride monomers with various aromatic and aliphatic diamine monomers for the investigation of their photophyscial behaviors. In the solution state, the introduction of strong electron acceptors such as formyl and cyano substituents in the luminogens induced strong emissions due to hybridized local and charge-transfer transitions (HLCTs). However, aggregated molecules containing these pendant electron-accepting groups resulted in quenching fluorescence behavior due to intermolecular interactions and energy transfers. Furthermore, the competition of aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) and aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effects was investigated and is discussed.

Graphical abstract: Triphenylamine-based luminogens and fluorescent polyimides: effects of functional groups and substituents on photophysical behaviors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Dec 2015
Accepted
29 Dec 2015
First published
30 Dec 2015

Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 1569-1576

Triphenylamine-based luminogens and fluorescent polyimides: effects of functional groups and substituents on photophysical behaviors

J. Wu, W. Chen and G. Liou, Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 1569 DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01939G

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