Luminescent liquid crystals bearing an aggregation-induced emission active tetraphenylthiophene fluorophore

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/tc/c9tc00448c#!divAbstract

The newly emerging aggregation-induced emission (AIE) theory provides a striking perspective to synthesize luminescent liquid crystal (LLC) materials with outstanding solid-state luminescence properties which have showed potential applications as semiconductor materials, liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diodes. However, to date, all the known AIE-active LLC molecules are based on very limited AIE fluorophores including cyanostilbene, tolane, tetraphenylethene and metallomesogen cores