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The initial attempt to reveal the emission processes of both mechanoluminescence and room temperature phosphorescence with the aid of circular dichroism in solid state

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A phenothiazine derivative PtzChol containing non-conjugated chiral cholesterol group was designed and synthesized. By analyzing the single crystal structure of PtzChol carefully, coupled with the circular dichroism (CD) signals before and after grinding, it was found that the introduction of cholesterol produced a positive effect on the production of chiral space group, on mechanoluminescence (ML) and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP), and throughout the entire light-emitting process, the CD signal could well reflect the changes of molecular arrangement.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21905197), and the Starting Grants of Tianjin University and Tianjin Government.

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Tian, Y., Yang, X., Gong, Y. et al. The initial attempt to reveal the emission processes of both mechanoluminescence and room temperature phosphorescence with the aid of circular dichroism in solid state. Sci. China Chem. 64, 445–451 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-9907-9

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