Spiranthes sinensis-Inspired Circular Polarized Luminescence in a Solid Block Copolymer Film with a Controllable Helix.
Qingxiang LiJianan YuanHongyu LiangFeng ZhengXuemin LuChun-Yang YuQinghua LuPublished in: ACS nano (2020)
Chiral materials with circular polarized luminescence (CPL) have attracted much interest because of their extensive optical information and remarkable sensitivity. Inspired by the helical template in Spiranthes sinensis, we propose here a general and flexible method for fabricating solid CPL materials using a block copolymer-formed helix as a template. A chiral arrangement of various nonchiral fluorescent molecules was obtained in the block copolymer-based hybrid film. An excimer chiralty rule was found for the CPL emission of nonchiral fluorescent molecules: a right-handed helix induced left-handed CPL emission and a left-handed helix induced right-handed CPL emission. A dissipative particle dynamics simulation showed that such an antihelical effect is related to the length between the adjacent interacting points of nonchiral fluorescent molecules along the helical structure. Furthermore, the fluorescent films had a high dissymmetric factor for CPL emission, and thus, the films provide a general and flexible platform for designing and preparing advanced functional chiroptical materials.
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