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Lingtong Meng1, Jiahao Qi1, Liang Peng1
1School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Abstract:
Achieving a high luminescence dissymmetry factor (glum) is a key challenge in developing organic circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials. Inspired by hierarchical self-assembly and light-harvesting systems, we report a two-step chirality amplification strategy that combines solvent-induced assembly control with dual energy and chirality transfer. The chiral small molecule S(R)-HDTDP first self-assembles into highly ordered supramolecular aggregates with significantly enhanced intermolecular coupling, leading to a substantial boost of the CPL signal. Subsequently, coassembly with the achiral acceptor Coumarin 6 enables efficient energy transfer and concomitant chirality transfer, further amplifying the glum while tuning the emission color. This work demonstrates a facile yet powerful approach to sequentially magnify chiroptical responses via supramolecular engineering, offering new insights for designing high-performance CPL materials.
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