Effects of incorporating regioisomers and flexible rotors to direct aggregation induced emission to achieve stimuli-responsive luminogens, security inks and chemical warfare agent sensors†
Abstract
Efficient transformation of ACQ materials to AIE luminogens using simple design principles of positional isomerization and C–C bond exclusion is presented here. Consequently, the bond link, position and packing influence the photophysical properties that can be utilized in erasable secret inks, pressure sensors and chemical warfare sensors.