{"title":"Clustering-triggered emission of carboxymethyl β-cyclodextrin powder and tablet.","authors":"Xintong Li, Haiyan Xu, Hongyan Zhao, Feng Jin, Xiangxi Zhang, Qing Zhou","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500230","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonconventional luminogens have great potential applications in fields like cell imaging and anti-counterfeiting encryption. But so far, the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of most these solids is still relatively low and the persistent room temperature phosphorescence (p-RTP) emission is relatively weak. To improve their PLQY and p-RTP, pressing the powder into tablets has been preliminarily proven to be an effective method, but the specific mechanism has not been fully elucidated yet. Here, carboxymethyl β-cyclodextrin (CM-β-CD) has been chosen as the representative to solve the problem. The results showed that the PLQY and p-RTP lifetimes of the tablet of CM-β-CD were improved compared to the powder. By the mechanism of clustering-triggered emission (CTE) and average packing density-promoted emission (PDE) mechanism, it has been demonstrated that the enhanced molecular interactions after compression is the key reason, which resulting in the formation of cluster emission centers with stronger emission capabilities. CM-β-CD has been proven to have excellent cell imaging and anti-counterfeiting functions.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500230"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ChemPlusChem","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202500230","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Nonconventional luminogens have great potential applications in fields like cell imaging and anti-counterfeiting encryption. But so far, the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of most these solids is still relatively low and the persistent room temperature phosphorescence (p-RTP) emission is relatively weak. To improve their PLQY and p-RTP, pressing the powder into tablets has been preliminarily proven to be an effective method, but the specific mechanism has not been fully elucidated yet. Here, carboxymethyl β-cyclodextrin (CM-β-CD) has been chosen as the representative to solve the problem. The results showed that the PLQY and p-RTP lifetimes of the tablet of CM-β-CD were improved compared to the powder. By the mechanism of clustering-triggered emission (CTE) and average packing density-promoted emission (PDE) mechanism, it has been demonstrated that the enhanced molecular interactions after compression is the key reason, which resulting in the formation of cluster emission centers with stronger emission capabilities. CM-β-CD has been proven to have excellent cell imaging and anti-counterfeiting functions.
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