Photo-controlled fluorescence on/off switching of a pseudo[3]rotaxane between an AIE-active pillar[5]arene host and a photochromic bithienylethene guest

Liangwei Ma; Sheng Wang; Chengpeng Li; Derong Cao; Teng Li; Xiang Ma

doi:10.1039/c8cc00213d

Photo-controlled fluorescence on/off switching of a pseudo[3]rotaxane between an AIE-active pillar[5]arene host and a photochromic bithienylethene guest

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Mar 7;54(19):2405-2408. doi: 10.1039/c8cc00213d. Epub 2018 Feb 19.

Authors

Liangwei Ma¹, Sheng Wang¹, Chengpeng Li², Derong Cao³, Teng Li⁴, Xiang Ma⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Development Center for New Materials Engineering & Technology in Universities of Guangdong, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang 524048, China. dyesws@126.com and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China. drcao@scut.edu.cn.
² School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Development Center for New Materials Engineering & Technology in Universities of Guangdong, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang 524048, China. dyesws@126.com.
³ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China. drcao@scut.edu.cn.
⁴ Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. maxiang@ecust.edu.cn.

PMID: 29457184
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00213d

Abstract

A fluorescence photo-switch was constructed based on a host-guest pseudo[3]rotaxane between an AIE-active pillar[5]arene host bearing tetraphenyl ethylene moieties and a photo-responsive dithienylethylene guest containing two cyano-triazole branches. Its fluorescence on/off switching could be controlled by the photochromism reaction of the dithienylethylene unit.