Dynamic Timing Control over Multicolor Molecular Emission by Temporal Chemical Locking

Dynamic control over molecular emission, especially in a time‐dependent manner, holds great promise for the development of smart luminescent materials. Here we report a series of dynamic multicolor fluorescent systems based on the time‐encoded locking and unlocking of individual vibrational emissive...

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Published in:Angewandte Chemie 2022-03, Vol.134 (13), p.n/a
Main Authors: Zong, Zezhou, Zhang, Qi, Qiu, Shu‐Hai, Wang, Qian, Zhao, Chengxi, Zhao, Cai‐Xin, Tian, He, Qu, Da‐Hui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical fuels
Chemistry
Dynamic Chemistry
Dynamic control
Emissions
Emissions control
Fluorescence
Locking
Macrocycles
Molecular structure
Multi-Color Emission
Time dependence
Water chemistry
Wavelength
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Summary:Dynamic control over molecular emission, especially in a time‐dependent manner, holds great promise for the development of smart luminescent materials. Here we report a series of dynamic multicolor fluorescent systems based on the time‐encoded locking and unlocking of individual vibrational emissive units. The intramolecular cyclization reaction driven by adding chemical fuel acts as a chemical lock to decrease the conformational freedom of the emissive units, thus varying the fluorescence wavelength, while the resulting chemically locked state can be automatically unlocked by the hydrolysis reaction with water molecules. The dynamic molecular system can be driven by adding chemical fuels for multiple times. The emission wavelength and lifetime of the locking states can be readily controlled by elaborating the molecular structures, indicating this strategy as a robust and versatile way to modulate multi‐color molecular emission in a time‐encoded manner. Multicolor molecular emission is controlled in a dynamic timing manner by introducing a temporal chemical lock. The temporal life‐time of the systems can be encoded by molecularly engineering the structural information.
ISSN:0044-8249
1521-3757
DOI:10.1002/ange.202116414