Title
Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Schiff Base and Selectively Turn on Circularly Polarized Luminescence by Al3+
Author
Qingxian Jin, Shuyu Chen, Hejin Jiang, Yuan Wang, Li Zhang, Minghua Liu
Year
2018
Journal
Langmuir
Abstract
We designed glutamide-derived amphiphilic Schiff bases containing three different aldehyde moieties for the fabrication of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) emitting materials. Upon self-assembly in acetonitrile, Schiff bases featuring 4-(dimethylamino)-2-hydroxylbenzaldehyde and 1-hydroxy-2-naphthaldehyde groups form supramolecular gels with twist and fiber structures, respectively, while Schiff bases featuring 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde groups forms precipitation with flakes structures. Although emission and circular dichroism (CD) signals can be detected from the supramolecular gels formed by amphiphilic Schiff bases, none of them exhibits circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). While Mg2+, Zn2+ and Al3+ can both significantly enhance the fluorescence of the Schiff bases, interestingly, only Al3+ ion is able to turn on the CPL emission. This study on the one hand provides a simple method to the fabrication of CPL emitting supramolecular materials, and on the other hand offers a novel way to the sensing of aluminum ion with supramolecular materials.
Instrument
J-1500
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Stereochemistry, Cotton effect, Ligand binding, Coordination chemistry, Materials, Sensors