Water-soluble doubly-strapped isolated perylene diimide chromophore

• Main Authors: Yang, Fei, Li, Ran, Wei, Wei, Ding, Xingwei, Xu, Zhenzhen, Wang, Ping, Wang, Guo, Xu, Yanqing, Fu, Hongbing, Zhao, Yanli
• 其他作者: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2022
• 主題: Science::Chemistry; Cyclophanes; Photothermal Conversion
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162220
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Perylene diimides (PDIs), a well-studied class of organic dyes, have a strong tendency to self-aggregate in water, thus greatly restricting their phototheranostic applications. Herein, we report a water-soluble PDI cyclophane "Gemini Box" (GBox-14+ ), consisting of a central PDI chromophor...