which were of similar chemical structures but different electronic effects. Both TPCDA and TPNDA exhibit aggregation induced emission (AIE) phenomenon
and show intense emission at 395 and 447 nm in the solid state
respectively. They were polymerized with two dianhydrides (BPADA and HQDPA)
respectively
to form four novel polyimides with excellent thermal stability. The fluorescence of the polyimides derived from TPNDA
TPNBPI and TPNHPI
is totally quenched. However
for the TPCDA-based polyimides
TPCBPI and TPCHPI show bright orange photoluminescence at 565 and 585 nm in their films
respectively. By increasing the concentration of TPCBPI and TPNBPI in N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) solution
their emission changes from non-luminescence to bright blue emission
followed by a red-shift due to the formation of strong intermolecular charge transfer
and they show green emission at 504 nm and 508 nm at the concentration of 4 mg·mL
−1
. The photoluminescence of TPCDA-based polyimides is similar to the composite system
where TPA is doped in a polyimide with the same main-chain structure. However
the theoretical calculations for the model units of the resulting polyimides show that both the conjugated TPNDA-based system and the unconjugated TPCDA-based system are non-luminescent due to an inhibited transition from HOMO to LUMO level. Further studies show that the luminescent properties of the TPCDA-based polyimides are owing to the following two reasons: (1) Compared with the TPNDA-based system
the sp
3
hybridized carbon atom in the TPCDA-based system separates the TPA structure from the polyimide main chain
which dispels the influence of the intramolecular charge transfer effect of the polyimide on TPA; (2) The relatively independent TPA moieties can have strong intermolecular charge transfer interaction with the polyimide main chains
which leads this system to exhibiting a strong orange fluorescence with a 184 nm red-shift of the max emission wavelength. This work demonstrates a simple strategy to develop aromatic polyimides with high fluorescence for potential applications in organic photoelectric field.
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