Electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic polymers are crucial for the high-tech applications of organicmaterials,especially in the electronic and optoelectronic fields.Thus,the development of new polymerizations to afford ...Electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic polymers are crucial for the high-tech applications of organicmaterials,especially in the electronic and optoelectronic fields.Thus,the development of new polymerizations to afford adaptable electron-donating-accepting scaffolds in N-heteroaromatic polymers is in high demand.Herein,we have developed metal-free multicomponent polymerizations of diynes,diamines,and glyoxylates successfully for in situ generation of poly(quinoline)s with high molecular weights(Mw up to 16,900)in nearly quantitative yields.By tuning the electron distributions of the polymer backbones,the resulting poly(quinoline)s showed various aggregation-induced behaviors and photoresponsive abilities:The thin films of the poly(quinoline)s could be fabricated readily intowell-resolved photopatterns by photolithography techniques.They could be utilized as fluorescent probes to visualize themorphologies of polymer materials directly;these include spherulites and microphase separation of polymer blends.Their nanoparticles demonstrated sensitive and highly selective fluorescence quenching to hexavalent chromium ion Cr(Ⅵ),thereby providing access for biological imaging of Cr(Ⅵ)in unicellular algae.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.21788102,21490570,and 21490574)the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong(nos.16305618,16304819,N-HKUST609/19,C6009-17G,16102918,T21-604/19-R,and C6009-17G)+2 种基金the Innovation and Technology Commission(no.ITCCNERC14SC01)the Science and Technology Plan of Shenzhen(nos.JCYJ20160229205601482,JCYJ20170818113602462,JCYJ20180306180231853,and JCYJ 20180306174910791)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(nos.2019B121205002 and 2019B030301003).
文摘Electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic polymers are crucial for the high-tech applications of organicmaterials,especially in the electronic and optoelectronic fields.Thus,the development of new polymerizations to afford adaptable electron-donating-accepting scaffolds in N-heteroaromatic polymers is in high demand.Herein,we have developed metal-free multicomponent polymerizations of diynes,diamines,and glyoxylates successfully for in situ generation of poly(quinoline)s with high molecular weights(Mw up to 16,900)in nearly quantitative yields.By tuning the electron distributions of the polymer backbones,the resulting poly(quinoline)s showed various aggregation-induced behaviors and photoresponsive abilities:The thin films of the poly(quinoline)s could be fabricated readily intowell-resolved photopatterns by photolithography techniques.They could be utilized as fluorescent probes to visualize themorphologies of polymer materials directly;these include spherulites and microphase separation of polymer blends.Their nanoparticles demonstrated sensitive and highly selective fluorescence quenching to hexavalent chromium ion Cr(Ⅵ),thereby providing access for biological imaging of Cr(Ⅵ)in unicellular algae.
