A self-assembled white-light-emitting system in aqueous medium based on a macrocyclic amphiphile

Abstract

A novel FRET platform was fabricated based on a macrocyclic amphiphile, reliant on the self-sorting complexation of a donor on the periphery of the assemblies and entrapment of an acceptor within the inner hydrophobic phase. By tuning subtly the donor/acceptor ratio, white light emission was successfully achieved with high quantum yield.