Molecular-level enhanced clusterization-triggered emission of nonconventional luminophores in dilute aqueous solution

Abstract

Luminophores based on clustering-triggered emission have drawn emerging attention in recent years but they tend to be nonluminescent in dilute solution. Here, the authors design novel clusteroluminogens through modification of cyclodextrin (CD) with amino acids to enable clusterization of chromophores in CD-based confined space and realize blue to cyan fluorescence even in the dilute solution.