Issue 91, 2020

AIE-active mechanoluminescent discotic liquid crystals for applications in OLEDs and bio-imaging

Abstract

A multifunctional molecular design of fluorescent discotic liquid crystal (DLC) consisting of a tetraphenylethylene core is reported, which is found to serve as an excellent solid-state emitter in OLED devices with EQE of 4.4% and tunable mechanochromism. X-ray diffraction studies unveiled that change in supramolecular self-assembly is the physical origin of mechanochromism. The luminescent DLC molecule has been shown to act as a highly selective probe for labelling acidic cellular compartments (such as lysosomes) in bio-imaging using HeLa cells.

Graphical abstract: AIE-active mechanoluminescent discotic liquid crystals for applications in OLEDs and bio-imaging

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Aug 2020
Accepted
08 Oct 2020
First published
09 Oct 2020

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 14279-14282

AIE-active mechanoluminescent discotic liquid crystals for applications in OLEDs and bio-imaging

J. De, A. H. M. M., R. A. K. Yadav, S. P. Gupta, I. Bala, P. Chawla, K. K. Kesavan, J. Jou and S. K. Pal, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 14279 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05813K

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