Deciphering the working mechanism of aggregation-induced emission of tetraphenylethylene derivatives by ultrafast spectroscopy

Yuanjing Cai, Lili Du, Kerim Samedov, Xinggui Gu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Brian O. Patrick, Zhiping Yan, Xiaofang Jiang, Haoke Zhang, Jacky W. Y. Lam,

Chemical Science · 2018 · 201 citations · 45 references

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formation of intermediate or rotation around the elongated C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bond, is responsible for the AIE effect, which is strongly structure-dependent but not related to structural rigidity.

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