Tuning excited-state-intramolecular-proton-transfer (ESIPT) process and emission by cocrystal formation: a combined experimental and theoretical study

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Tuning excited-state-intramolecular-proton-transfer (ESIPT) process and emission by cocrystal formation: a combined experimental and theoretical study†

Heyang Lin,‡^b Xueping Chang,‡^a Dongpeng Yan,*^ab Wei-Hai Fang^a and Ganglong Cui*^a

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^a Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
E-mail: yandp@bnu.edu.cn, ganglong.cui@bnu.edu.cn
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^b State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China

Abstract

The formation of two-component molecular cocrystals can lead to the tunable excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process and emission, as first confirmed by both experimental and computational studies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SC04354B
Article type: Edge Article
Submitted: 30 Sep 2016
Accepted: 14 Nov 2016
First published: 14 Nov 2016
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry

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Chem. Sci., 2017,8, 2086-2090

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