title: Ag+coordination polymers of a chiral thiol ligand bearing an AIE fluorophore.
abstract: We report that in the Ag+coordination polymers of a chiral thiol ligand containing an AIE fluorophore, tetraphenylethene (TPE), the TPE chromophores experience H-type aggregation, and yet a substantial enhancement of the fluorescence is observed, though to a lesser extent than that in the aggregates of the thiol ligand itself, which undergoes J-type aggregation. We show that this is not due to the difference in the freedom of the rotation of the fluorophore in the two types of aggregate, but is due to a small increase in the radiation rate constant in the coordination polymers while the much higher radiationless rate constant remains more or less unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dan-Dan
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiao-Sheng
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yun-Bao
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jiang