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Fluorescence Enhancement by Supramolecular Sequestration of a C 54 -Nanographene Trisimide by Hexabenzocoronene.

Bartłomiej PigulskiKazutaka ShoyamaMeng-Jia SunFrank Würthner
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2022)
A supramolecular trilayer nanographene complex consisting of a newly synthesized D 3 h -symmetric C 54 -nanographene trisimide (NTI 1 ) and two hexabenzocoronenes (HBC) has been obtained by self-assembly. This 1:2 complex is structurally well-defined according to UV/vis and single crystal X-ray studies and exhibits high thermodynamic stability even in polar halogenated solvents. Complexation of NTI 1 by two HBC molecules protects the NTI 1 π-surface efficiently from oxygen quenching, thereby leading to a sequestration-induced fluorescence enhancement under ambient conditions.
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