Tunable Optical Properties and Self-Assemblies of a Water-Soluble Perimidinium Imide Dye

Abstract

The synthesis of unsymmetrically peri-annulated naphthalene dyes, perimidinium imides (PrIm), is reported. Compared with the symmetrical and popular analogous naphthalenediimide dyes, PrIm showed a red-shifted absorption maximum. The water-soluble dyes showed tunable self-assembly behaviors and optical properties. The dyes retain their photoluminescence properties in water.

Key words

perimidinium imides - dyes - water-soluble - self-assembly

Publication History

Received: 03 April 2023

Accepted after revision: 25 July 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
25 July 2023

Article published online:
13 September 2023

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