Issue 10, 2016

Aggregation-induced emission enhancement in halochalcones

Abstract

A family of push–pull fluorophores, consisting of a chalcone core decorated with electron-donating substituents and halogen atoms, was designed and synthesized. Luminescence studies were performed in solution, aggregate form and in the solid state. Although some compounds are only weakly fluorescent in solution, all are emissive in the solid state showing aggregation-induced emission enhancement. In the crystalline state, the halogen atoms are not involved in halogen bonds but their presence strongly influences the aggregation-induced emission properties of the fluorophores.

Graphical abstract: Aggregation-induced emission enhancement in halochalcones

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Article information

Article type
Letter
Submitted
02 May 2016
Accepted
09 Aug 2016
First published
10 Aug 2016

New J. Chem., 2016,40, 8198-8201

Aggregation-induced emission enhancement in halochalcones

P. A. A. M. Vaz, J. Rocha, A. M. S. Silva and S. Guieu, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 8198 DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ01387B

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