Issue 9, 2017

A tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based supra-amphiphilic organoplatinum(ii) metallacycle and its self-assembly behaviour

Abstract

In recent years, fluorescent functional materials with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties have evolved to be one of the most attractive topics within chemistry and materials science. In particular, discrete TPE-based metallacycles or metallacages through coordination-driven self-assembly have proven to be novel scaffolds to construct various fluorescent materials with light-emitting characteristics. Herein, we report the preparation of a new family of discrete, TPE-based supra-amphiphilic metallacycles decorated with three PNIPAAM arms through combination of an exo-functionalization strategy and post-assembly polymerization. The obtained supra-amphiphilic organometallic species could spontaneously self-assemble into fluorescent nanoparticles in water. Moreover, by taking advantages of both AIE property and good biocompatibility of the obtained TPE-based supra-amphiphilic metallosupramolecular structure, its potential application in cell imaging was investigated.

Graphical abstract: A tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based supra-amphiphilic organoplatinum(ii) metallacycle and its self-assembly behaviour

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
08 Mar 2017
Accepted
09 May 2017
First published
09 May 2017

Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 1823-1828

A tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based supra-amphiphilic organoplatinum(II) metallacycle and its self-assembly behaviour

W. Zheng, G. Yang, S. Jiang, N. Shao, G. Yin, L. Xu, X. Li, G. Chen and H. Yang, Mater. Chem. Front., 2017, 1, 1823 DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00107J

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