Fluorinated tolanes, produced by introducing fluorine atoms into one of the aromatic rings of
tolane, emitted almost no fluorescence in a solution state, but the fluorescence intensity …

Functional molecules possessing photoluminescence (PL) and liquid-crystalline (LC)
behaviors, known as photoluminescent liquid crystals, along with a small molecular …

Photoluminescent liquid-crystalline (PLLC) molecules, which can easily tune the PL
behavior through the crystal (Cry)–LC phase transition, have attracted significant attention …

Fluorinated tolane dimers consisting of two fluorinated tolanes connected by various lengths
of an alkylene tether were designed and synthesized via three reaction steps including an …

Since the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon was first reported by Tang et
al., much effort has been devoted to the development of solid-state luminescent molecules …

The first N-heterocyclic LLCs based on tolane with introducing substituted fluoropyrrole, 2-
cyano-3-ethoxy-4-fluoro-1H-pyrrole (CN-OC 2 H 5), as the key acceptor unit has been …

Light-emitting materials have received considerable attention because of their broad
applications as substrates in bio-imaging and sensing components, light-emitting displays …

Halogens are the chemical elements in group 17 of the periodic table, with an electronic
configuration of s2p5. Incorporation of the halogen atoms into molecular structures is well …

Herein, we describe the synthesis of novel light-emitting liquid-crystalline (LC) compounds
bearing pentafluorinated bistolane-based luminophores with a V-or a Y-shaped molecular …

A series of new tolane-based luminescence liquid crystals (LLCs) constituting of 2-cyano-3,
4-difluoro-1H-pyrrole (CN-2F) as the key molecular rigid core have been prepared in high …