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Tuning the Acidity of Pt/ CNTs Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Diphenyl Ether
Published on: August 17, 2019
Tuning the fluorescence of tetraphenylethylene in dilute solutions via modulating multiple-hydrogen-bonding
Dong-Hui Wang1, Deng-Jie Zhu, Wen Ding
1Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China. yangyong@zstu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Four Hamilton receptors and four cyanuric acid modules were introduced into the tetraphenylethylene skeleton to form HTPE and CTPE, respectively. Upon 1 : 1 mixing of HTPE and CTPE in apolar dilute solution, a self-assembled supramolecular network was formed via multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions. The intramolecular rotation of phenyls in TPE skeletons was restricted, and thus the system became highly luminescent. Upon the addition of a hydrogen bonding competitive solvent to destroy the network, the fluorescence emission was substantially quenched. Besides, the fluorescence of the system could be further tuned by the addition of Cu2+ and other metal ions.
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