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One-Pot Synthesis and StructureâProperty Relationship of Aminomaleimides: Fluorescence Efficiencies in Monomers and Aggregates Easily Tuned by Switch of Aryl and Alkyl
Organic
fluorophores have attracted great interest owing to their
wide applications. They usually contain an electron-conjugated system
with an aromatic moiety and show high emission in dilute solutions
but weaker or even no emission upon aggregation. Here, a simple one-pot,
three-component reaction (3CR) (method I) for the synthesis of various
di- and monosubstituted aminomaleimides (DAMIs and MAMIs) has been
developed, and the reported 3CR (method II) has been found to be efficient
only for the synthesis of MAMIs with R<sup>2</sup> = alkyl. Twelve
AMIs were designed and synthesized for investigation of the influence
of structures on their optical properties in monomers and aggregates.
It was found that alkyl MAMIs, alkyl DAMIs, and aryl AMIs/DAMIs show
very different fluorescence efficiencies in different solvents, and
only MAMIs with butyl and oleyl show high emissions in powders similar
to those in nonpolar solutions. Single-crystal structures indicate
that their fluorescence efficiencies in aggregates mainly correlate
with molecular packing modes. The efficient synthesis method, the
sensitive fluorescence onâoff response to protic solvents or
polar solvents, and the unusual high emissions of AMI without any
aromatic moiety in both monomer and aggregates are expected to attract
great interest in the fields of application and theory
A Method for Promoting Assembly of Metallic and Nonmetallic Nanoparticles into Interfacial Monolayer Films
Two-dimensional
metal nanoparticle arrays are normally constructed at liquidâoil
interfaces by modifying the surfaces of the constituent nanoparticles
so that they self-assemble. Here we present a general and facile new
approach for promoting such interfacial assembly without any surface
modification. The method use salts that have hydrophobic ions of opposite
charge to the nanoparticles, which sit in the oil layer and thus reduce
the Coulombic repulsion between the particles in the organic phase,
allowing the particles to sit in close proximity to each other at
the interface. The advantage of this method is that because it does
not require the surface of the particles to be modified it allows
nonmetallic particles including TiO<sub>2</sub> and SiO<sub>2</sub> to be assembled into dense interfacial layers using the same procedure
as is used for metallic particles. This opens up a route to a new
family of nanostructured functional materials
Making 2âD Materials Mechanochemically by TwinâScrew Extrusion: Continuous Exfoliation of Graphite to MultiâLayered Graphene
Mechanochemistry has developed rapidly in recent years for efficient chemicals and materials synthesis. Twin screw extrusion (TSE) is a particularly promising technique in this regard because of its continuous and scalable nature. A key aspect of TSE is that it provides high shear and mixing. Because of the high shear, it potentially also offers a way to delaminate 2âD materials. Indeed, the synthesis of 2âD materials in a scalable and continuous manor remains a challenge in their industrialization. Here, as a proofâofâprinciple, the automated, continuous mechanochemical exfoliation of graphite to give multiâlayer graphene (MLG, â6 layers) by TSE is demonstrated. To achieve this, a solidâandâliquidâassisted extrusion (SLAE) process is developed in which organic additives such as pyrene are rendered liquid due to the high temperatures used, to assist with the exfoliation, and simultaneously solid sodium chloride is used as a grinding aid. This gave MLG in high yield (25Â wt%) with a short residence time (8Â min) and notably with negligible evidence for structural deterioration (defects or oxidation).</p