Title
Strong Circularly Polarized Luminescence from the Supramolecular Gels of an Achiral Gelator: Tunable Intensity and Handedness
Author
Zhaocun Shen, Tianyu Wang, Lin Shi, Zhiyong Tang, Minghua Liu
Year
2015
Journal
Chemical Science
Abstract
Although the importance of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials has been widely recognized, the CPL responses of supramolecular gels are still rarely studied. Moreover, developing CPL materials based on supramolecular gels is of great significance, due to their special advantages and important applications. Herein, we report the first circularly polarized supramolecular gels self-assembled exclusively from a simple achiral C3-symmetric molecule. Most importantly, the excellent tunability of these novel CPL materials, which benefits from achiral molecular building blocks as well as the nature of supramolecular gels, has been investigated. Thus, the CPL intensity of these supramolecular gels is easily enhanced by mechanical stirring or doping chiral amines. The handedness of CPL signals is controlled by the chirality of organic amines.
Instrument
J-810
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Circularly polarized luminescence, Materials