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Author Spotlight: Functionalizing Metal-Organic Frameworks: Advancements, Challenges, and the Power of Post-Synthetic Ligand Exchange
Published on: June 23, 2023
Organic Ligand Exchange: The Chiral Structure-Property Regulation of Cuprous Halides
Guanlei Gao1, Si-Yu Xu1, Xinghui Qi2
1College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
Abstract:
The strategy of organic ligand exchange is proposed to tune the optical properties of organic-inorganic hybrid cuprous halides. In this work, the chiral ligand (S)-(-)-2,2'-bis(di-p-tolylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl ((S)-Tol-BINAP) and achiral triphenylphosphine (PPh3) are introduced into cuprous halides CuX-PPh3-[(S)-Tol-BINAP] (X = Cl, Br, I) through organic ligand exchange. As a result, the mixed organic ligands can enhance second harmonic generation (SHG) and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) optical properties. Moreover, the title compounds exhibit progressively enlarged SHG effects along with heavier halogen substitution due to their stronger polarizability. In the meantime, the reduced π-π stacking interaction of the organic ligand will improve their photoluminescence quantum yield. The experimental results combined with the theoretical calculation clarify the structure-property relationship well. Furthermore, the title compounds have been developed for the application of latent fingerprint detection.
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