Advances in Fluorinated Organometallic Complexes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

Facile synthesis, aggregation-induced emission, mechano- and thermochromism of o-carborane–tetraphenylethene dyads with a short CH(OH) linker

“…In this paper, we have synthesized four carborane–(F)TPE dyads with a short CH(OH) linker starting from the commercially available o -carborane and by simple reactions. The hydroxyl functional group on the linker, the electron-withdrawing fluorine atom 47–49 and different substitution positions have effects on the solid packing of the compounds, and thus their luminescence and stimulus-responsive properties. The synthesis, structural characterization, AIE, mechanofluorochromic and thermofluorochromic properties of these compounds are reported.…”

One F atom matters: synthesis, aggregation-induced emission and stimuli-responsiveness of three isomers of fluoro/formyl substituted tetraphenylethene derivatives

“…23 We have also summarized the recent progress in the corresponding fluorinated AIE-active organic and organometallic compounds. 24,25 Although some work has been done, there are still a lot of opportunities for the fluorinated AIE compounds to be investigated in more detail, especially those with stimuli responsiveness and those that form composites with different matrix species. Compared to the purely fluorinated TPE compounds, those with mixed substitution of fluorine and other functional groups would be more interesting with respect to the structure and emission properties.…”