Double helical π-aggregate nanoarchitectonics for amplified circularly polarized luminescence

作者：Yuan Wang, Dian Niu, Guanghui Ouyang, Minghua Liu · 发表于：Nature Communications · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1038/s41467-022-29396-0 · 被引用次数：140 · 研究领域：Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds、Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials、Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Abstract The canonical double helical π-stacked array of base pairs within DNA interior has inspired the interest in supramolecular double helical architectures with advanced electronic, magnetic and optical functions. Here, we report a selective-recognized and chirality-matched co-assembly strategy for the fabrication of fluorescent π-amino acids into double helical π-aggregates, which show exceptional strong circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). The single crystal structure of the optimal combination of co-assemblies shows that the double-stranded helical organization of these π-amino acids is cooperatively assisted by both CH-π and hydrogen-bond arrays with chirality match. The well-defined spatial arrangement of the π-chromophores could effectively suppress the non-radiative decay pathways and facilitate chiral exciton couplings, leading to superior CPL with a strong figure of merit ( g lum = 0.14 and QY = 0.76). Our findings might open a new door for developing DNA-inspired chiroptical materials with prominent properties by enantioselective co-assembly initiated double helical π-aggregation.