A TPE-oxazoline molecular switch with tunable multi-emission in both solution and solid state

• DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43357a
• Publication Date: 2013-07-24T21:09:23Z
• Authors: Qingkai Qi; Xiaofeng Fang; Yifei Liu; Peng Zhou; Yumo Zhang; Bing Yang; Wenjing Tian; Sean Xiao-An Zhang
• Keywords: Oxazoline; Molecular switch

A new multi-responsive tetraphenylethene functionalized oxazoline molecular switch (TPE-OX) was synthesized, which not only preserves isomerization and AIE properties, but also demonstrates synergistic effects, showing tunable multi-emission both in solution solid states.