Monomeric and aggregation emissions of tetraphenylethene in a photo-switchable polymer controlled by cyclization of diarylethene and solvent conditions

Ravinder Singh, Hsin Yen Wu, Atul Kumar Dwivedi, Ashutosh Singh, Chien Min Lin, Putikam Raghunath, Ming-Chang Lin, Tung-Kung Wu, Kung-Hwa Wei, Hong-Cheu Lin*

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Abstract

A novel photo-switchable polymer P-PHT containing diarylethene (DAE) and tetraphenylethene (TPE) moieties and a triazole linker in the repeating unit was synthesized to study the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behaviour of TPE with both the open and closed forms of DAE in P-PHT with high water contents. The photo-switching phenomena of DAE (from open to closed forms under UV-irradiation) in P-PHT were prominent in organic solvent (THF), high water contents (at 90% H2O) and acidic conditions. Upon UV-irradiation of P-PHT at 90% water content, the AIE of TPE was completely quenched via an energy transfer event from TPE to cyclized DAE. Interestingly, the rare monomeric emission of TPE was first discovered by the photo-cyclization of DAE in P-PHT compared with the AIE behaviour of TPE with the open form of DAE in P-PHT with AIE favourable conditions of high water content (90% H2O) and acidic conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9952-9962
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume5
Issue number38
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017

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