Morphology-Dependent Aggregation-Induced Emission of Janus Emulsion Surfactants
[ 1 ] Instytut Technologii i Inżynierii Chemicznej, Wydział Technologii Chemicznej, Politechnika Poznańska | [ D ] phd student | [ P ] employee
2023
scientific article
english
- Janus Emulsions
- Stimuli-responsive materials
- Aggregation Induced Emission
- Fluorescent Probes
EN We report on a novel stimuli-responsive fluorescent material platform that relies on an evocation of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) from tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based surfactants localized at one hemisphere of biphasic micro-scale Janus emulsion droplets. Dynamic alterations in the available interfacial area were evoked via surfactant-induced dynamic changes of the internal droplet morphology that can be modulated as a function of the balance of interfacial tensions of the droplet constituent phases. Thus, by analogy to a Langmuir-Blodgett trough that enables selective concentration of surfactants at a liquid-gas interface, we demonstrate here a method for a controllable modulation of the available interfacial area of surfactant-functionalized liquid-liquid interfaces. We show that a morphology-dependent alteration of the interfacial area can be used to evoke an optical signal, by selectively assembling synthesized TPE-based surfactants to the respective droplet interfaces. A trigger-induced increase in the concentration of TPE-based surfactants at the liquid-liquid interfaces results in an evocation of aggregation-induced emission (AIE), inducing an up to 3.9-fold increase in the measured emission intensity of the droplets.
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