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Polyynes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics: Synthesis and Their Photonic Properties

  • Han Ting ,
  • Cathy K. W. Jim ,
  • Jacky W. Y. Lam ,
  • Tang Ben Zhong
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  • a Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;
    b HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China

Received date: 2016-07-16

  Online published: 2016-08-24

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Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program; 2013CB834701, 2013CB834702), the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (AoE/P-03/08), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21490570, 21490574), the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (604913, 16305014 and 16303815), and the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC-CNERC14S01). B.Z.T. thanks the support of the Guangdong Innovative Research Team Program (201101C0105067115).

Abstract

Tetraphenylethene-containing diacetylenes are synthesized and their homopolymerizations are catalyzed by CuCl in o-dichlorobenzene, furnishing linear polyynes in high isolated yields. All polymers possess good solubility in common organic solvents and enjoy high thermal stability. Whereas they are practically non-emissive when molecularly dissolved in good solvents, they become highly emissive when aggregated as nanoparticle suspensions in poor solvents or fabricated into thin films in the solid state, demonstrating a novel phenomenon of aggregation-induced emission. The polymers are highly transparent, allowing almost all light in the entire visible spectral region to transmit through. Thin films of the polymers show high refractive indices (n=1.7787~1.6543) in the wavelength region of 400~1700 nm and very low chromatic aberrations (D'=0.0003). Their n values can be modulated and their thin films can be crosslinked by UV irradiation, generating fluorescent patterns with high resolutions.

Cite this article

Han Ting , Cathy K. W. Jim , Jacky W. Y. Lam , Tang Ben Zhong . Polyynes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics: Synthesis and Their Photonic Properties[J]. Acta Chimica Sinica, 2016 , 74(11) : 877 -884 . DOI: 10.6023/A16070348

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