This paper reported the synthesis of hexaar- ylbiimidazole-tetraphenylethene （HABI-TPE） conjugated photochromic fluorophore, which simultaneously exhib- ited photochromic property, condensed state enhanced emission ...This paper reported the synthesis of hexaar- ylbiimidazole-tetraphenylethene （HABI-TPE） conjugated photochromic fluorophore, which simultaneously exhib- ited photochromic property, condensed state enhanced emission and reversible fluorescence switching. Upon UV irradiation, a green species with a broad absorption band between 550 and 800 nm（ the absorption maximum at 697 nm ） was observed, which readily faded to colorless in the darkness. HABI-TPE launched strong fluorescence with the maximum emission wavelength at 520 580 nm under the excitation with 450-500 nm visible light in condensed state, which is in contrast to nonfluorescence in solution. The maximum emission wavelength in condensed state was dependent of excitation wavelength. More interest- ingly, HABI-TPE exhibited reversible fluorescence switch- ing upon alternating irradiation with blue or near-UV light （wavelength less than 490 nm） and green light （more than 490 nm） in condensed state. Our evaluation demonstrated that HABI-TPE exhibited great photoswitchable fluores- cence, which is a promising photoswitchable fluorophore for localization-based super-resolution microscopy, evi- dencing by resolving nanostructures with sub-100nm resolution in polymethylmethacrylate films.展开更多
文摘This paper reported the synthesis of hexaar- ylbiimidazole-tetraphenylethene （HABI-TPE） conjugated photochromic fluorophore, which simultaneously exhib- ited photochromic property, condensed state enhanced emission and reversible fluorescence switching. Upon UV irradiation, a green species with a broad absorption band between 550 and 800 nm（ the absorption maximum at 697 nm ） was observed, which readily faded to colorless in the darkness. HABI-TPE launched strong fluorescence with the maximum emission wavelength at 520 580 nm under the excitation with 450-500 nm visible light in condensed state, which is in contrast to nonfluorescence in solution. The maximum emission wavelength in condensed state was dependent of excitation wavelength. More interest- ingly, HABI-TPE exhibited reversible fluorescence switch- ing upon alternating irradiation with blue or near-UV light （wavelength less than 490 nm） and green light （more than 490 nm） in condensed state. Our evaluation demonstrated that HABI-TPE exhibited great photoswitchable fluores- cence, which is a promising photoswitchable fluorophore for localization-based super-resolution microscopy, evi- dencing by resolving nanostructures with sub-100nm resolution in polymethylmethacrylate films.
