Space Size-Dependent Transformation of Tetraphenylethylene Carboxylate Aggregates by Ice Confinement
- Akihisa MiyagawaAkihisa MiyagawaDepartment of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, JapanMore by Akihisa Miyagawa,
- Makoto HaradaMakoto HaradaDepartment of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, JapanMore by Makoto Harada,
- Gaku FukuharaGaku FukuharaDepartment of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, JapanJST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, JapanMore by Gaku Fukuhara, and
- Tetsuo Okada*Tetsuo Okada*Phone/Fax: +81-3-5734-2612. E-mail: [email protected]Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, JapanMore by Tetsuo Okada
Abstract

Tetraphenylethylene carboxylate (TPEC) aggregates are transformed by ice confinement, which is controlled by the initial concentration of sucrose employed as a cryoprotectant and temperature. The freezing of aqueous sucrose leads to the formation of micro- or nanoliquid phase confined in ice. Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) of tetraphenylethylene carboxylate (TPEC) in the ice-confined space is explored using fluorescence spectroscopy and lifetime measurements. The characteristics of AIE in the ice-confined space strongly depend on the initial sucrose concentration and temperature, which determine the size of the liquid phase. The AIE of TPEC in the ice-confined space can be classified into three regimes in terms of spectroscopic features. Loosely packed J aggregates of TPEC are formed in the microliquid phase (>2 μm). The fluorescence intensity increases, and the wavelength is hypsochromically shifted with a decrease in the size of the space, indicating that the molecular arrangement in the aggregate depends on the space size. The fluorescence lifetimes indicate polydisperse, loosely packed aggregation. No further change in aggregate structure is observed once the liquid phase size is decreased to ∼2 μm, and a spectroscopically identical structure is maintained upon further reduction of the space size to ∼0.5 μm. The molecular arrangement in the aggregate is independent of the space size in this regime. However, when the size of the space becomes smaller than ∼0.5 μm, the aggregate structure again starts to change into a more tightly packed aggregate and a hypsochromic shift of the fluorescence wavelength occurs again. The fluorescence lifetime indicates monodispersed aggregation in this submicrospace.
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