Communications Chemistry (Dec 2021)

Environment-sensitive emission of anionic hydrogen-bonded urea-derivative–acetate-ion complexes and their aggregation-induced emission enhancement

  • Masaki Takahashi,
  • Nozomu Ito,
  • Naoki Haruta,
  • Hayato Ninagawa,
  • Kohei Yazaki,
  • Yoshihisa Sei,
  • Tohru Sato,
  • Makoto Obata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00601-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Anions in fluorophore solutions commonly act as fluorescence quenchers. Here, the formation of hydrogen bonds between acetate anions and urea-derived fluorophores leads to aggregation-induced emission enhancement in the solid state.