Triple-Columned and Multiple-Layered 3D Polymers: Design, Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), and Computational Study
Guanzhao Wu,
Yangxue Liu,
Zhen Yang,
Liulei Ma,
Yao Tang,
Xianliang Zhao,
Hossein Rouh,
Qixuan Zheng,
Peng Zhou,
Jia-Yin Wang,
Farhan Siddique,
Sai Zhang,
Shengzhou Jin,
Daniel Unruh,
Adelia J. A. Aquino,
Hans Lischka,
Kristin M. Hutchins,
Guigen Li
Affiliations
Guanzhao Wu
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA; Institute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Yangxue Liu
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Zhen Yang
Institute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Liulei Ma
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Yao Tang
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Xianliang Zhao
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Hossein Rouh
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Qixuan Zheng
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Peng Zhou
Institute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Jia-Yin Wang
Institute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Farhan Siddique
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Sai Zhang
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Shengzhou Jin
Institute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Daniel Unruh
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Adelia J. A. Aquino
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Hans Lischka
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Kristin M. Hutchins
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
Guigen Li
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA; Institute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Conjugated polymers and oligomers have great potentials in various fields, especially in materials and biological sciences because of their intriguing electronic and optoelectronic properties. In recent years, the through-space conjugation system has emerged as a new assembled pattern of multidimensional polymers. Here, a novel series of structurally condensed multicolumn/multilayer 3D polymers and oligomers have been designed and synthesized through one-pot Suzuki polycondensation (SPC). The intramolecularly stacked arrangement of polymers can be supported by either X-ray structural analysis or computational analysis. In all cases, polymers were obtained with modest to good yields, as determined by GPC and 1H-NMR. MALDI-TOF analysis has proven the speculation of the step-growth process of this polymerization. The computational study of ab initio and DFT calculations based on trimer and pentamer models gives details of the structures and the electronic transition. Experimental results of optical and AIE research confirmed by calculation indicates that the present work would facilitate the research and applications in materials.
