Citation: Ping-Chuan Shen, Ze-Yan Zhuang, Zu-Jin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang. Recent advances of folded tetraphenylethene derivatives featuring through-space conjugation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2016, 27(8): 1115-1123. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.06.031 shu

Recent advances of folded tetraphenylethene derivatives featuring through-space conjugation

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State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Hong Kong, China

Corresponding author: Zu-Jin Zhao, applications.mszjzhao@scut.edu.cn;tangbenz@ust.hk
Received Date: 11 May 2016
Revised Date: 8 June 2016
Accepted Date: 13 June 2016
Available Online: 29 August 2016

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Through-space conjugated molecules are interesting building blocks for the construction of functional materials that allow multi-dimensional transport of carrier and energy. However, the well explored through-space conjugated molecules are quite limited, which defers their structure-property correlation establishment and wide-scale application. In this review, we introduce a kind of newly-emerging folded tetraphenylethene derivatives featuring through-space conjugation. Their synthesis, crystal and electronic structures, and optical properties are described, and their representative applications as bipolar charge-transporting materials in organic light-emitting diodes and as single-molecule wires in molecular devices are presented, which are anticipated to provide guidance for the further expansion of through-space conjugated systems.
- Folded molecules,
- Aggregation-enhanced emission,
- Through-space conjugation,
- Single-molecule wire,
- Theoretical calculation
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