Synthesis, properties, and applications of novel 9,10-diarylanthracene-based D–A type AIEE fluorescent materials
Rui Tian, Xing Zhou, Shunyang Liu, Renjie Wang, Shouzhi Pu · 2026
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Description
Rui Tian and four colleagues built two new fluorescent molecules on an anthracene core, designed to glow brighter when crowded together rather than fade. Most classic dyes die in the solid state, a flaw the team dodged with an architecture pairing electron-donating ends with an electron-accepting middle. One carries a triphenylamine donor, the other a carbazole.
Both compounds shifted color with solvent polarity, confirming charge moving inside the molecule when excited. Grinding the crystals changed their glow: the triphenylamine version swung from bright green to bright yellow, a larger shift than its sibling, and solvent vapor restored the original packing and color. That pressure-sensitive, reversible behavior suits security and sensing uses. The team demonstrated sharp latent fingerprint images on varied surfaces, and the carbazole version slipped through cell membranes to light up living cells from inside. The authors offer it as a template for tunable anthracene dyes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rui Tian, Xing Zhou, Shunyang Liu, Renjie Wang, Shouzhi Pu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |