Intracellular p H undertakes critical functions in various biological and pathological processes. It is important to monitor intracellular p H fluctuations for understanding physiological and pathological processes.He...Intracellular p H undertakes critical functions in various biological and pathological processes. It is important to monitor intracellular p H fluctuations for understanding physiological and pathological processes.Here, one aldehyde-bearing cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complex([(4-pba)_(2)Ir(dcphen)]PF_(6), 4-pba = 4-(2-pyridyl) benzaldehyde, dcphen = 4,7-dichloro-1,10-phenanthroline, probe 1) was synthesized and used to track intracellular p H fluctuations. Probe 1 displayed p H-dependent luminescence property in p H range of 1.81–6.81 with an evaluated p Kavalue of 4.30 in BR buffer-DMSO(v:v = 99:1). An intramolecular hydrogen bonds assisted p H-responsive mechanism was proposed for the p H-responsive behavior of probe1. Probe 1 was successfully applied for imaging and tracking p H fluctuations in He La cells under external stimulation with fast response time, good photostability as well as low cytotoxicity and high cell permeability. This work demonstrates that aldehyde-bearing cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complex can be used as alternative p H-responsive probe for real-time tracking intracellular p H fluctuations, which provides a strategy for the design of p H-responsive probe in versatile applications.展开更多
Understanding the relationship between structure and properties is critical to the development of solidstate luminescence materials with desired characteristics and performance optimization. In this work, we elaborate...Understanding the relationship between structure and properties is critical to the development of solidstate luminescence materials with desired characteristics and performance optimization. In this work, we elaborately designed and synthesized a pair of mononuclear iridium(Ⅲ) complexes with similar structures but different degrees of cationization. [Ir2-f][2PF_(6)] with two counterions is obtained by simple Nmethylation of the ancillary ligand of [Ir1-f][PF_(6)] which is a classic cationic iridium(Ⅲ) complex. Such a tiny modification results in tremendously different optical properties in dilute solutions and powders.[Ir1-f][PF_(6)] exhibits weak light in solution but enhanced emission in solid-state as well as poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix, indicative of its aggregation-induced emission(AIE) activity. On the sharp contrary, [Ir2-f][2PF_(6)] is an aggregation-caused quenching(ACQ) emitter showing strong emission in the isolated state but nearly nonemissive in aggregation states. Benefiting from the appealing characteristics of mechanochromic luminescence and AIE behavior, [Ir1-f][PF_(6)] has been successfully applied in reversible re-writable data recording and cell imaging. These results might provide deep insights into AIE and ACQ phenomenon of iridium(Ⅲ) complexes and facilitate the development of phosphorescent materials with promising properties.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22074087, 21804106 and 11727813)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2021TS032)。
文摘Intracellular p H undertakes critical functions in various biological and pathological processes. It is important to monitor intracellular p H fluctuations for understanding physiological and pathological processes.Here, one aldehyde-bearing cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complex([(4-pba)_(2)Ir(dcphen)]PF_(6), 4-pba = 4-(2-pyridyl) benzaldehyde, dcphen = 4,7-dichloro-1,10-phenanthroline, probe 1) was synthesized and used to track intracellular p H fluctuations. Probe 1 displayed p H-dependent luminescence property in p H range of 1.81–6.81 with an evaluated p Kavalue of 4.30 in BR buffer-DMSO(v:v = 99:1). An intramolecular hydrogen bonds assisted p H-responsive mechanism was proposed for the p H-responsive behavior of probe1. Probe 1 was successfully applied for imaging and tracking p H fluctuations in He La cells under external stimulation with fast response time, good photostability as well as low cytotoxicity and high cell permeability. This work demonstrates that aldehyde-bearing cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complex can be used as alternative p H-responsive probe for real-time tracking intracellular p H fluctuations, which provides a strategy for the design of p H-responsive probe in versatile applications.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22175033 and 51902124).
文摘Understanding the relationship between structure and properties is critical to the development of solidstate luminescence materials with desired characteristics and performance optimization. In this work, we elaborately designed and synthesized a pair of mononuclear iridium(Ⅲ) complexes with similar structures but different degrees of cationization. [Ir2-f][2PF_(6)] with two counterions is obtained by simple Nmethylation of the ancillary ligand of [Ir1-f][PF_(6)] which is a classic cationic iridium(Ⅲ) complex. Such a tiny modification results in tremendously different optical properties in dilute solutions and powders.[Ir1-f][PF_(6)] exhibits weak light in solution but enhanced emission in solid-state as well as poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix, indicative of its aggregation-induced emission(AIE) activity. On the sharp contrary, [Ir2-f][2PF_(6)] is an aggregation-caused quenching(ACQ) emitter showing strong emission in the isolated state but nearly nonemissive in aggregation states. Benefiting from the appealing characteristics of mechanochromic luminescence and AIE behavior, [Ir1-f][PF_(6)] has been successfully applied in reversible re-writable data recording and cell imaging. These results might provide deep insights into AIE and ACQ phenomenon of iridium(Ⅲ) complexes and facilitate the development of phosphorescent materials with promising properties.
