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Synthesis and multiple functionalities of a tetraphenylethene-substituted tetrapyridinium salt: mechanochromic, cancer cell imaging and DNA marker Rananaware, A, Abraham, A, La, D, Mistry, V, Shukla, R and Bhosale, S 2016, 'Synthesis and multiple functionalities of a tetraphenylethene-substituted tetrapyridinium salt: mechanochromic, cancer cell imaging and DNA marker', Australian Journal of Chemistry, pp. 1-8. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Title Synthesis and multiple functionalities of a tetraphenylethene-substituted tetrapyridinium salt: mechanochromic, cancer cell imaging and DNA marker Author(s) Rananaware, A Abraham, A La, D Mistry, V Shukla, R Bhosale, S Year 2016 Journal name Australian Journal of Chemistry Start page 1 End page 8 Total pages 8 Publisher CSIRO Publishing Abstract The development of functional materials is a crucial step in the development of newer and better technologies. The development of efficient luminescent materials, whose potential lie in applications in fields such as electronics, optics, data storage, and biological sciences, through simple synthetic procedures is therefore of interest. Herein, we report the synthesis of a tetrapyridinium-tetraphenylethylene (TPy-TPE) luminogen with multiple functionalities. TPy-TPE displayed characteristic features of an aggregation-induced emission material being weakly emissive in solution, but strongly emissive when aggregated and in the solid state. The solid-state emission of TPy-TPE can be reversibly switched between green and yellow by grinding-fuming/heating processes with a high contrast due to a transformation from a crystalline to an amorphous state and vice versa. TPy-TPE also works as a good fluorescent visualiser for specific staining for cellular imaging and as a DNA marker. Subject Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry DOI - identifier 10.1071/CH16459 Copyright notice © The Authors 2016 ISSN 0004-9425 Related Links Link Description https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH16459 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 Feb 2017, 12:51:35 EST Wed, 14 Jun 2017, 00:03:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 14 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 14 Feb 2017, 11:10:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator