Substituent effects on the intermolecular interactions and emission behaviors in pyrene-based mechanochromic luminogens

• DOI: 10.1039/d2tc01684b
• Publication Date: 2022-05-17T09:45:45Z
• Authors: Ze-Dong Yu; Xiao-Xu Dong; Jing-Yi Cao; Wen-Xuan Zhao; Ge-Hua Bi; Chuan-Zeng Wang; Tian Zhang; Shofiur Rahman; Paris E. Georghiou; Jian-Bin Lin; Takehiko Yamato
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Two pyrene-based MCLs with sensitive and reversible mechanochromic properties and different optical phenomena were prepared. One displays ACQ properties, while the other shows obvious AEE properties with a >10-fold increasedΦFLamplitude.