Strong fluorescence emission induced by supramolecular assembly and gelation: luminescent organogel from nonemissive oxadiazole-based benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide gelatorElectronic Supplementary Information (ESI) available: Synthetic and experimental details, X-ray diffractograms, H-bonded aggregate-state absorption and emission spectra, and original data for Fig. 1c and 2. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b311648d/

Abstract

Supramolecular aggregation of a novel nonfluorescent gelator yields highly luminescent organogels in aprotic organic solvents through intermolecular hydrogen bonding, which is a key motif for both self-assembly and photophysical process control.