AIEgen with Fluorescence-Phosphorescence Dual Mechanoluminescence at Room Temperature

Jie Yang; Zichun Ren; Zongliang Xie; Yingjie Liu; Can Wang; Yujun Xie; Qian Peng; Bin Xu; Wenjing Tian; Fan Zhang; Zhenguo Chi; Qianqian Li; Zhen Li

doi:10.1002/anie.201610453

AIEgen with Fluorescence-Phosphorescence Dual Mechanoluminescence at Room Temperature

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jan 16;56(3):880-884. doi: 10.1002/anie.201610453. Epub 2016 Dec 9.

Authors

Jie Yang¹, Zichun Ren¹, Zongliang Xie², Yingjie Liu³, Can Wang¹, Yujun Xie¹, Qian Peng⁴, Bin Xu³, Wenjing Tian³, Fan Zhang⁵, Zhenguo Chi², Qianqian Li¹, Zhen Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Opto-Electronic Materials, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
² PCFM Lab, GDHPPC Lab, KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Material and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
⁵ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.

PMID: 27936297
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610453

Abstract

We report the first example of an AIEgen (DPP-BO) with fluorescence-phosphorescence dual emission under mechanical stimulation. By carefully analyzing the crystal structure of DPP-BO, the efficient intermolecular and intramolecular interactions should account for its unique mechanoluminescence (ML) properties, especially the abnormal phosphorescence, as further confirmed by controlled experiments and theoretical calculations for the presence of ISC transitions. These results provide important information for understanding the complex ML process, possibly opening up a new way to study the inherent mechanism of ML by broadening the application of AIEgens.

Keywords: aggregation-induced emission; fluorescence; mechanoluminescence; phosphorescence.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't