摘要
Arranging dense donors around a single acceptor for the assembly of effi-cient light-harvesting antennas is a long-standing challenge due to the intractable aggregation-caused quenching of dense donors.Herein,we designed a cationic aggregation-induced emission(AIE)amphiphile to self-assemble with natural DNA duplexes.As an efficient donor,the as-prepared cationic AIE amphiphile could be densely attached to the phosphate groups of natural DNA duplexes by using the smaller cationic trimethylammonium.The long alkyl chain between the cationic trimethylammonium and the AIEfluorophore allowed for avoiding the insuffi-cient binding caused by the steric hindrance of the AIEfluorophore,resulting in a remarkably high donor/acceptor ratio comparable to that of the widely developed custom DNA assemblies.The proposed self-assembly strategy provided novelflex-ible avenues for the assembling offinely controlled and efficient light-harvesting systems into natural DNA with little synthetic modifications and low cost.
基金
National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:U22A20397,21974008
Beijing Natural Science Foundation,Grant/Award Number:2212013
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Grant/Award Number:buctrc201820。