Cover Feature: Aromatic Thioethers as Novel Luminophores with Aggregation‐Induced Fluorescence and Phosphorescence (Chem. Eur. J. 55/2017)

The synthesis of a library of aromatic thioethers led to novel luminophores with aggregation‐induced emission properties. It was found that the substitution pattern as well as the introduction of different functional groups has a direct influence on the photophysical properties. A remarkable broad r...

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Published inChemistry : a European journal Vol. 23; no. 55; p. 13535
Main Authors Riebe, Steffen, Vallet, Cecilia, van der Vight, Felix, Gonzalez‐Abradelo, Dario, Wölper, Christoph, Strassert, Cristian A., Jansen, Georg, Knauer, Shirley, Voskuhl, Jens
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 04.10.2017
Subjects
Agglomeration
aggregation-induced emission
Biocompatibility
biological imaging
Biomedical materials
Emission
Fluorescence
Functional groups
Libraries
luminophores
Phosphorescence
sulfur
Thioethers
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Summary:The synthesis of a library of aromatic thioethers led to novel luminophores with aggregation‐induced emission properties. It was found that the substitution pattern as well as the introduction of different functional groups has a direct influence on the photophysical properties. A remarkable broad range of emission (437–588 nm) was obtained. Besides fluorescence also long‐lived excited states (up to 5 μs), termed phosphorescence were observed. This easy to synthesize, non‐toxic class of compounds enables further applications in material sciences, as well as for biomedical applications, such as bio‐imaging. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. Voskuhl et al. on page 13660.
ISSN:0947-6539
1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.201703249