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.


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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
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