聚集诱导发光分子/适配体/外切酶Ⅰ体系对可卡因的检测

目前非法药物的滥用已经成为全球性的公共安全卫生问题之一[1~3].其中可卡因作为一种全球禁用的非法药物,长期滥用会对人体造成许多不良的影响,如精神疾病、失眠、抑郁和暴力倾向等,甚至威胁生命,同时,吸食可卡因还会导致出现各种社会问题[4,5].因此实现对可卡因的快速检测成为打击毒品犯罪、维护社会稳定的关键.目前对于可卡因的检测主要采用气相色谱/质谱(GC/MS)和液相色谱/质谱(LC/MS)等大型仪器.虽然能够实现对可卡因检测,但大多需要专业人员操作且耗时较长,因此开发一种简便、高效且可靠的可卡因检测方法成为研究的热点[6~8].其中,基于荧光探针的检测手段由于具有高效、灵敏及便捷等优势而备受关注,但传统的荧光探针面临聚集导致发光猝灭(ACQ)的难题[9,10],即这类分子在溶液中发光非常强,一旦聚集或在固体中发光显著减弱,非常不利于实际应用.

光热材料的发展现状及应用前景

光热效应是指材料在太阳光或激光照射下产生热量的特性,通过光热作用不仅能够最大限度地提高太阳能转换效率,而且还可以充分发挥激光的传播优势打破材料在时间和空间维度上的局限性,因而具有巨大的发展潜力和应用前景.目前,研究人员根据上述光热效应的特性和优势,在能源利用、生物医药、催化转化、智能器件等领域进行了广泛和深入的研究和探索,实现了该效应在光热海水淡化、光热治疗、光热催化、光热智能材料等领域的应用.本文从目前研究中被普遍认可的光热效应机理出发,综述了近期研究人员在光热材料开发及其利用等方面的研究进展,并展望了光热材料未来可能发展方向,以期进一步促进光热材料的发展及应用.

Preparation and self-assembly of amphiphilic polymer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

An amphiphilic polymer bearing tetraphenylethene (TPE) moiety was synthesized by convenient reactions. The polymer exhibits unique aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics and can self-assemble to size-tunable particles in DMF/water mixtures. The polymer nanoparticles can be used for cell imaging, which provides a potential stable fluorescent tool to monitor the distribution of drugs and bioconjugates in living cells.

Facile synthesis of poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s with aggregation-induced emission characteristics by metal-free click polymerization

Regioseletive 1,3-dipolar polycycloadditions of 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenyl dipropiolate (1) and tetraphenylethene (TPE)-containing diazides (2) are carried out in polar solvents such as DMF/toluene at a moderate temperature of 100℃ for 6 h,producing poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s (PACTs) P3 with high molecular weights (Mw up to 23900) and regioregularities (F1,4 up to ～90%) in high yields (up to ～99%).These metal-free click polymerizations can propagate smoothly in an open atmosphere without protection from oxygen and moisture.The obtained polymers are soluble in common organic solvents and thermally stable at temperatures up to 375℃.Thanks to their contained TPE moieties,the PACTs show aggregation-induced emission and can serve as fluorescent chemosensors for superamplified detection of explosives.

Detection of the critical micelle concentration of cationic and anionic surfactants based on aggregation-induced emission property of hexaphenylsilole derivatives

We report a fluorescence "turn-on" method to detect the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of surfactants. This method works well for both cationic and anionic surfactants. It employs an unprecedented mechanism (aggregation-induced emission, or AIE) to determine the CMC values, and the results are consistent with the data obtained by the classical techniques. In addition, this method renders the convenient detection of the CMC values. Any large and professional instruments are unnecessary, instead, a portable UV lamp and an ultrasonic generator are enough to carry out the detection in an ordinary laboratory. Considering that micelles are interesting entities and have found applications in many important fields such as emulsion polymerization, template of nanosized materials synthesis, controllable drug delivery and macromolecular self-assembling. Our experimental results may offer a facile, sensitive and promising method to detect the formation of micelles constructed by the new amphiphilic molecules and macromolecules.

Thiol-yne click polymerization

The research on using thiol-ene click reaction to synthesize sulfur-containing polymers with topological structures and advanced functional properties is a hot topic. However, the application of the thiol-yne reaction in the functional polymer preparation is limited and the thiol-yne click polymerization is to be further developed. In this review, we summarized recent research efforts on using thiol-yne click polymerization to synthesize polymers with topological structures. The sulfur-containing polymers were facilely prepared by photo-and thermo-initiated, amine-mediated, and transition-metal-catalyzed thiol-yne click polymerizations. These polymers are promising to be used as drug-delivery vehicles, high refractive index optical materials, photovoltaic materials, and biomaterials etc.

New tetraphenylpyridinium-based luminogens with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

The research on aggregation-induced emission (AIE) has drawn increasing interests in the past decade. With the efforts scientists paid, a variety of AIE systems have been developed, among which the tetraphenylethelene and silole derivatives are the most studied. Development of new AIE systems could further enrich the AIE molecules and promote the development of AIE area. In this communication, we prepared a new AIE system based on 1,2,4,6-tetraphenylpyridinium ions according to the restriction of intramolecular rotation mechanism. These molecules could be facilely synthesized via one-step and one-pot reaction. The ionic AIE-active molecules could find wide application in sensing and optoelectronic areas.

Probing the pH-dependent chain dynamics of poly(acrylate acid) in concentrated solution by using a cationic AIE fluorophore

We report a novel strategy to study the chain dynamics of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) in a relative concentrated solution (1.0 g/L). The strategy is based on the fluorescent probe (DCTPE) with unique aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics. Free DCTPE molecules are non-emissive in aqueous solution, but they become highly emissive when trapped in polymer coils. The fluorescence intensity is proportional to the efficiency of trapping DCTPE molecules in polymer coils. By correlation the change of fluorescence intensity with the variation of pH value (from 1.78 to 12.06), the PAA chain's dynamics in the relatively concentrated solution have been elucidated into three processes. In the pH range from 12.06 to 6.0, PAA chains take an extended and non-folding conformation. Changing pH from 6.0 to 3.86, PAA chains are partially protonated and loosely packed polymer coils are formed. Further lowering the pH value of the solution (from 3.86 to 1.78), protonated segments dominate the PAA chains, and at the same time, the intermolecular hydrogen bonding takes effect, thus the polymer chains posses in the conformation of more compact coils.

Uncommon Intramolecular Charge Transfer Effect and Its Potential Application in OLED Emitters

Planarized intramolecular charge transfer(PLICT)state can facilitate the fluorescence process thanks to the relative excellent planarity.Recently,we have discovered that the excited state quinone-conformation induced planarization(ESQIP)occurring on tetraphenylpyrazine(TPP)based derivatives could furnish them with PLICT feature.Unlike to the well-known intramolecular charge transfer,strengthening the electron-donating nature on the donor(D)moiety did not impair the PLICT.The calculation results showed that planarization of the TPP based compounds scarcely accompanied with energy wastage while amount of energy was required for the torsion on geometries.In the polar solvents,the energy consumption for planarization could further decrease,but that for twisting structure would increase.To take advantage of the transformation of the frontier orbitals'distribution,the PLICT type materials would perform a potential application on organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs).

Post-functionalization of disubstituted polyacetylenes via click chemistry

We report a synthetic design and the experimental exploration of preparation of disubstituted polyacetylenes(PAs,P3) through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides with precursor PA bearing alkyne pendants.The precursor PA(P2) was derived by desilylation of the pristine PA with trimethylethynylsilane side chains(P1).P1 was obtained by polymerization of a dual-alkyne containing monomer with one of the alkynes end-capping by trimethylsilane(M) under the promotion of WCl6-Ph4Sn catalyst.Two synthetic routes,i.e.two-steps(from P1 to P3 via precursor P2) and one-pot(from P1 to P3 without separation and purification of P2) were tried and the results indicated that one-pot strategy is more facile and resultant P3-1 showed higher purity and higher molecular weight than the resultant of P3-2.By using the techniques such as GPC,FTIR and 1H NMR spectroscopy the polymerization behavior and the structures of the polymers were well characterized.

Probing the pH-dependent chain dynamics of poly(acrylate acid) in concentrated solution by using a cationic AIE fluorophore

We report a novel strategy to study the chain dynamics of poly(acrylic acid)(PAA)in a relative concentrated solution(1.0 g/L).The strategy is based on the fluorescent probe(DCTPE)with unique aggregation-induced emission(AIE)characteristics.Free DCTPE molecules are non-emissive in aqueous solution,but they become highly emissive when trapped in polymer coils.The fluorescence intensity is proportional to the efficiency of trapping DCTPE molecules in polymer coils.By correlation the change of fluorescence intensity with the variation of pH value(from1.78 to 12.06),the PAA chain’s dynamics in the relatively concentrated solution have been elucidated into three processes.In the pH range from 12.06 to 6.0,PAA chains take an extended and non-folding conformation.Changing pH from 6.0 to 3.86,PAA chains are partially protonated and loosely packed polymer coils are formed.Further lowering the pH value of the solution(from 3.86 to 1.78),protonated segments dominate the PAA chains,and at the same time,the intermolecular hydrogen bonding takes effect,thus the polymer chains posses in the conformation of more compact coils.

New tetraphenylpyridinium-based luminogens with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

The research on aggregation-induced emission(AIE)has drawn increasing interests in the past decade.With the efforts scientists paid,a variety of AIE systems have been developed,among which the tetraphenylethelene and silole derivatives are the most studied.Development of new AIE systems could further enrich the AIE molecules and promote the development of AIE area.In this communication,we prepared a new AIE system based on1,2,4,6-tetraphenylpyridinium ions according to the restriction of intramolecular rotation mechanism.These molecules could be facilely synthesized via one-step and one-pot reaction.The ionic AIE-active molecules could find wide application in sensing and optoelectronic areas.

Structural Controls of Tetraphenylbenzene-based AIEgens for Non-doped Deep Blue Organic Light-emitting Diodes

Aggregation-induced emission(AIE)has emerged as a new concept,giving highly efficient solid-state photoluminescence.Particularly,AIE luminogens(AIEgens)with deep blue emission(400–450 nm)have displayed salient advantages for non-doped organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs).However,deep blue emitters with Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage(CIE)coordinates less than 0.08 are still rare.In this review,we outline the latest achievements in the molecular guidelines based on the AIE core of tetraphenylbenzene(TPB)for developing efficient deep blue AIEgens.We provide insights into the construction of deep blue emitters with high horizontal orientation by regulating the length of the linear molecule.We also discuss the luminescence mechanisms of these AIEgens-based OLEDs by using the magnetic field effects measurements.Finally,a summary of the challenges and perspectives of deep blue AIEgens for non-doped OLEDs is also presented.