Synergistic combination of ACQ and AIE moieties to enhance the emission of hexagonal metallacycles

Herein, we show the synergistic combination of aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) units into two hexagonal metallacycles. The resultant metallacycles displayed emergent photophysical properties including tunable fluorescence using the polarity and solubility of the solvents as well as enhanced emissive efficacy. Our work demonstrates the synergistic enhancement of these two orthogonal effects via coordination-driven self-assembly.

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The study demonstrates the synergistic combination of ACQ and AIE units in two hexagonal metallacycles, resulting in tunable fluorescence and enhanced emissive efficacy. This synergistic enhancement of orthogonal effects was achieved via coordination-driven self-assembly.