title: Synthesis of tetraphenylethylene pillar[6]arenes and the selective fast quenching of their AIE fluorescence by TNT.
abstract: Tetraphenylethylene pillar[6]arenes with an AIE effect were synthesized for the first time. The fluorescence of the pillar[6]arenes could be quenched much more and much faster by TNT than by other nitroaromatics including 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, which could be used to detect TNT in air.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. zyansong@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jin-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai-Tao
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Yan-Song
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Zheng