Aggregation-induced emission of a 2D protein supramolecular nanofilm with emergent functions

Exceptionally stable, redox-active supramolecular protein assemblies with emergent properties.

The designed assembly of proteins into well-defined supramolecular architectures not only tests our understanding of protein-protein interactions, but it also provides an opportunity to tailor materials with new physical and chemical properties. Previously, we described that RIDC3, a designed variant of the monomeric electron transfer protein cytochrome cb562, could self-assemble through Zn(2+)...

Aggregation-induced emission of siloles

Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a unique and significant photophysical phenomenon that differs greatly from the commonly acknowledged aggregation-caused emission quenching observed for many π-conjugated planar chromophores. The mechanistic decipherment of the AIE phenomenon is of high importance for the advance of new AIE systems and exploitation of their potential applications. Propeller...

Effect of Amide Hydrogen Bonding Interaction on Supramolecular Self‐Assembly of Naphthalene Diimide Amphiphiles with Aggregation Induced Emission

In the present work, two new naphthalene diimide (NDI) amphiphiles, NDI-N and NDI-NA, were successfully synthesized and employed to investigate their self-assembly and optical properties. For NDI-NA, which contains an amide group, aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) was demonstrated in the presence of various ratios of methylcyclohexane (MCH) in chloroform, which led to the visual c...

Tunable aggregation-induced emission of diphenyldibenzofulvenes.

Nonemissive fulvenes can be induced to luminesce by aggregate formation, with the crystalline aggregates emitting bluer lights more intensely than their amorphous counterparts.

Metal induced self-assembly of V-shape protein into 2D wavy supramolecular nanostructure