设计合成了一个以四苯乙烯为核心,四端连接长烷基链的咔唑基四苯乙烯衍生物(TPECz),该化合物具有典型的聚集诱导发光(AIE)特性.紫外光谱(UV-Vis)、荧光光谱(PL)、热重(TG)和示差扫描量热(DSC)研究表明,该化合物属于深蓝光材料、具有较好的热稳定性,并且对金属Fe^3+具有很好的识别作用,有望用于金属离子检测;同时,该化合物外围的咔唑基团具有电化学活性,采用电化学聚合方法可制备其聚合物交联荧光薄膜,扫描电镜(SEM)和原子力显微镜(AFM)研究表明,该荧光薄膜表面平整,有望用于制备有机电致发光器件(OLED),可见该化合物是一种多功能材料.
A new multi-functional aggregation-induced emission compound(TPECz) was synthesized by introducing carbazole groups to the tetraphenylethylene backbone through long alkyl chains. Its properties were investigated by UV-Visible absorption spectra(UV-Vis), photoluminescence spectroscopy(PL), thermogravimetric analyses(TG) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). It was found that the molecule emitted weakly in pure THF solution, but emittted strong fluorescence in their aggregated state, indicating that the TPECz was characterized as AIE-active. Meanwhile, the results demonstrated that the TPECz emitted strong blue fluorescence, and possessed good thermal stability with the fluorescence emission wavelength(λem = 465 nm), decomposition temperature with 5% weight loss(Td) at 381 oC and glass transition temperature(Tg) at 58.7 oC, respectively. It showed that TPECz can visually detect Fe^3+ in H2O-THF mixed solvent(V/V = 98/2) by quenching emission. The detection limit of Fe^3+ in the mixed solvent can be down to 0.2 mmol/L for Fe^3+ ion concentration. Moreover, the detection was of high sensitivity as the addition of other metal ions, including Mg^2+, Al^3+, Pb^2+, Cr^3+, Fe^3+, Co^2+, Ni^2+ and Cu^2+, did not induce obvious change on the solution fluorescence intensity. It indicated that TPECz was expected to work as an effective luminescent indicator for qualitative and quantitative detection of Fe~(3+) ions. Thanks to the electroactive moieties of the four peripheral carbazole units of TPECz, TPECz can be applied as a precursor to prepare the luminescent network film by electrochemical polymerization using a three-electrode cell with a Ti counter electrode, a Ag/Ag+ reference electrode, and a ITO glass working electrode. The resultant cross-linked film was characterized using scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and atomic force microscope(AFM). Moreover, it exhibits deep blue fluorescence with λem at 470 nm, so it is a potential material f