Azopyridine-Containing Three-arm Star Compounds with Aggregation-induced Fluorescence.

Yinjie ChenXing FengZhicheng SunDan WangTao YangZiyuan ZhaoLuhai LiXiaogong Wang Haifeng Yu

Published in: Chemistry, an Asian journal (2018)

Three-arm star azopyridinium salts self-organize into various morphologies in water/organic mixed solvents. Interesting AIE and self-assembling features are observed due to the strong interaction of the azopyridinium moieties with the highly polar H2 O molecules causing the salts to aggregate, which restricts the molecular motion and induces the fluorescence.

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