Melt-induced fluorescent signature in a simple naphthalenediimide
journal contribution
posted on 2024-11-01, 12:19authored byToby Bell, Sheshanath Bhosale, Craig Forsyth, David Hayne, Kenneth Ghiggino, James Hutchison, Chintan Jani, Steven Langford, Marcia Lee, Clint Woodward
The synthesis and fluorescence properties of a naphthalenediimide ditosylate are presented. The fluorescence is highly solvent and morphology dependent with a dramatic change in fluorescence output occurring following melting from a crystalline form. This observation is attributed to thermal disruption of the crystal structure allowing the formation of emissive dimers within the amorphous melt.