title: Reversal Circularly Polarized Luminescence of AIE-Active Chiral Binaphthyl Molecules from Solution to Aggregation.
abstract: Four aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active chiral binaphthyl-based molecules, (R/S)-1 and (R/S)-2, were designed and synthesized. Interestingly, all of them can exhibit reversal circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) signals from solution to aggregation, which could be attributed to the different dihedral angle of binaphthyl units from cis-conformation in pure THF solution to trans-conformation in THF/water mixtures.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China).
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023 (China).
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China).
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023 (China). zhanghx@mail.jlu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hongxing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China). yxcheng@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chengjian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China). cjzhu@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yixiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
keywords: 1,1′-binaphthol; aggregation-induced emission; circular dichroism; circularly polarized luminescence; configuration inversion