title: Self-assembly of tetraphenylethene-based [2]catenane driven by acid-base-controllable molecular switching and its enabled aggregation-induced emission.
abstract: A novel [2]catenane 2-C based on the tetraphenylethene (TPE) and orthogonal H-bonded cleft was successfully constructed. VT-NMR and TEM measurements demonstrate that 2-C could be self-assembled to induce an enabled aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in aqueous solution and solid state owing to its TPE unit as well as present unique acid-base controllable and reversible supramolecular self-assembled nanosuperstructures by interplay of a wide range of noncovalent interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30049, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mandapati V Ramakrishnam
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.forename: Hong-Cheu
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D043863:Catenanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D043863:Catenanes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances