A novel
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-shaped pyridinium salt 2,8-(6
H,12
H-5,11-methanodibenzo[
b,f]diazocineylene)-di(
p-ethenyl-N-methyl-pyridinium) ditosylate (abbreviated as
DMDPS) based on
Tr&
ouml;ger's base was designed, synthesizedand characterized.
DMDPS exhibits a typical aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior that is virtuallynonemissive in solution but highly luminescent in solid state. The difference between the s
tructure and theoptical properties of
DMDPS and 1,4-phenyl-di(
p-ethenyl-N-methyl-pyridinium) ditosylate (abbreviated as
DPPS) are analyzed and compared. It is concluded that the loose stacking caused by twisted molecularconfiguration could reduce the distance-dependent intermolecular quenching effect to produce intensefluorescence in the aggregation state while the enantiomerization and/or the in
tramolecular vibrational motionwhich induce the nonradiative deactivation process could cause fluorescence quenching in the solution. As awater-soluble AIE-active material,
DMDPS would have potential application in the area of optical andbiological research.