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Xu Chen1,2, Bo Song1, Gaohuai Mei1
1State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. msqinaj@scut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A fluorescence "turn-on" phenomenon was observed in the β-aminoacrylate-based low-molecular-weight motif methyl-3-(propylamino)acrylate and its polymers in the presence of an acid, which catalyzes the formation of dihydropyridine derivatives. This unique feature could be applied in anti-counterfeiting patterns.
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