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  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Photophysics

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  • Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) is crucial for molecular electronics and chiroptical sensing.
  • Efficient CPL in organic materials with high fluorescence quantum yields (ΦF) and large luminescence dissymmetry factors (glum) is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize shape-persistent tetraphenylethylene macrocycles for CPL applications.
  • To investigate the chiroptical properties and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior of these macrocycles.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of chiral macrocycles.
  • Characterization using NMR, MALDI-TOF MS, FT-IR, TGA, DSC, UV-Vis, SEM, fluorescence, ECD, and CPL spectroscopy.
  • Evaluation of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and aggregation-induced circularly polarized luminescence (AICPL).

Main Results:

  • Efficient synthesis of shape-persistent tetraphenylethylene macrocycles with chiral side chains.
  • Observed significant fluorescence enhancement upon aggregation, indicating AIE behavior.
  • Demonstrated distinct CPL emission in the solid state with high glum (2 × 10-2) and ΦF (60%), exhibiting AICPL.

Conclusions:

  • Shape-persistent macrocycles are advantageous for designing organic CPL materials.
  • The synthesized macrocycles show high performance in CPL and AICPL.
  • These materials hold promise for applications in chiroptical sensing and molecular electronics.