Direct validation of the restriction of intramolecular rotation hypothesis via the synthesis of novel ortho-methyl substituted tetraphenylethenes and their application in cell imaging

• DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04241g
• Publication Date: 2014-07-09T09:30:52Z
• Authors: Guo-Feng Zhang; Ze-Qiang Chen; Matthew P. Aldred; Zhe Hu; Tao Chen; Zhenli Huang; Xianggao Meng; Ming-Qiang Zhu
• Keywords: Microscopy, Confocal; Molecular Conformation; Humans; Ethylenes; Crystallography, X-Ray; 01 natural sciences; Fluorescent Dyes; HeLa Cells; 0104 chemical sciences

RIR hypothesis as the mechanism of aggregation-induced emission phenomenon is validated via the synthesis of ortho-methyl tetraphenylethenes.