Structurally diverse macrocycle co-crystals for solid-state luminescence modulation

Structurally diverse macrocycle co-crystals for solid-state luminescence modulation

21 March 2024 | Bin Li, Lingling Liu, Yuan Wang, Kun Liu, Zhe Zheng, Shougang Sun, Yongxu Hu, Liqiang Li, Chunju Li
This study reports the synthesis and characterization of three sets of macrocycle co-crystals with identical co-constituents but varying stoichiometric ratios (2:1, 1:1, and 2:3) and molecular packing modes. The co-crystals are constructed using a triangular pyrene-macrocycle and 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene, exploiting exo-wall charge-transfer (CT) interactions. These co-crystals exhibit distinct and tunable emission properties, with emission peaks appearing at 575, 602, and 635 nm, covering yellow to red. X-ray diffraction and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the superstructure-property relationships are attributed to the formation of different ratios of charge-transfer transition states between the donor and acceptor motifs, resulting in red-shifted luminescence. The study highlights the potential of organic co-crystal engineering for fabricating multifunctional materials with tunable optical properties.This study reports the synthesis and characterization of three sets of macrocycle co-crystals with identical co-constituents but varying stoichiometric ratios (2:1, 1:1, and 2:3) and molecular packing modes. The co-crystals are constructed using a triangular pyrene-macrocycle and 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene, exploiting exo-wall charge-transfer (CT) interactions. These co-crystals exhibit distinct and tunable emission properties, with emission peaks appearing at 575, 602, and 635 nm, covering yellow to red. X-ray diffraction and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the superstructure-property relationships are attributed to the formation of different ratios of charge-transfer transition states between the donor and acceptor motifs, resulting in red-shifted luminescence. The study highlights the potential of organic co-crystal engineering for fabricating multifunctional materials with tunable optical properties.
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