AIE-based donor-acceptor-donor fluorenone compound as multi-functional luminescence materials

作者:Du, Xianchao; Su, Huifang; Zhao, Li; Xing, Xiaojing; Wang, Bingnan; Qiu, Dongfang*; Wang, Jinyi*; Yuan, Mao-Sen*
来源:Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 5(20): 7508-7517.
DOI:10.1039/d1qm00856k

摘要

The development of novel luminescent materials with multi-stimuli responsive and multi-functional properties is required. In this work, we designed and synthesized a novel AIE-based fluorenone derivative, MBPF. The donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) structure promoted the intermolecular hydrogen bonding capacity of the exposed oxygen atom in fluorenone. MBPF displayed three different aggregation morphologies: an amorphous floccule Y-MBPF with yellow-green luminescence, a block crystal O-MBPF with orange luminescence, and a needlelike crystal R-MBPF with red emission. They all exhibited reversible stimuli-response phase transitions to temperature and shear, accompanied by fluorescence switching. The orange crystal O-MBPF was also sensitive to isotropic hydrostatic pressure with prominent and contrasting luminescent conversion. Furthermore, we prepared MBPF nanocrystallites and encapsulated them with DSPE-PEG and the monoclonal antibody cetuximab (C225) to obtain MBPF-C225 NPs, which were biocompatible and photostable. They could be used for specific cancer cell imaging through receptor-mediated endocytosis.