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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 by chemists worldwide. Our group successfully developed fluorinated tolanes as novel compact π-conjugated luminophores with blue photoluminescence (PL) in the crystalline state. Moreover, we reported the yellow-green PL molecules based on their electron-density distributions. In the present study, we designed and synthesized fluorinated tolanes with various amine-based donors and evaluated their photophysical properties. The carbazole-substituted fluorinated tolane exhibited strong PL in the solution state, whereas piperidine- or phenothiazine-substituted fluorinated tolanes showed a dramatic decrease in PL efficiency. Notably, fluorinated tolanes with piperidine or phenothiazine substituents displayed yellow-to-orange PL in the crystalline state; this may have occurred because these tolanes exhibited tightly packed structures formed by intermolecular interactions, such as H···F hydrogen bonds, which suppressed the non-radiative deactivation process. Moreover, fluorinated tolanes with amine-based donors exhibited AIE characteristics. We believe that these yellow-to-orange solid PL molecules can contribute to the development of new solid luminescent materials.

Development of Yellow-to-Orange Photoluminescence Molecules Based on Alterations in the Donor Units of Fluorinated Tolanes