Evidence for Aggregation-Induced Emission from Free Rotation Restriction of Double Bond at Excited State.

Jia-Bin XiongYing-Xue YuanLian WangJian-Ping SunWei-Guo QiaoHong-Chao ZhangMiao DuanHongwei HanSong ZhangYan-Song Zheng

Published in: Organic letters (2018)

This paper reports that cis-TPE dicycles emit strong fluorescence, while the gem dicycles show almost no emission in solution, demonstrating that the free rotation restriction of the double bond at the excited state is the key factor for AIE effects.

Keyphrases

solid state
single molecule
living cells