Reversible thermochromism of aggregation-induced emission-active benzophenone azine based on polymorph-dependent excited-state intramolecular proton transfer fluorescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3467-3474

  Wei, Ruirui ^a   Song, Panshu ^a   Tong, Aijun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION-INDUCED EMISSIONS; CONFORMATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; EXCITED-STATE INTRAMOLECULAR PROTON TRANSFER; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; METHANONE; PHENYL RINGS; SOLID FLUORESCENCE; THERMOCHROMISM;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXCITED STATES; PROTON TRANSFER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84874171235     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311020w     Document Type: Article

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