Chiral gold(I)-containing polymeric composites: chiroptical sensing and circularly polarized luminescence

摘要

Fiber-like gold(I)-containing polymeric composites have been constructed in water by coupling poly(ethylene glycol)block-poly-(L-glutamic sodium) (PEGnb-PLGSm) with cationic gold(I) complex. The resulting composites showed a gradual luminescence enhancement with increasing molecular weight of the PLGSm block, due to gradually increasing aurophilic Au(I) Au(I) interactions in the gold(I) complex. Moreover, the chiral transfer from the chiral block copolymers to the gold(I) complex was achieved for the first time, leading to strong circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). Such chiroptical sensing offers a general approach for constructing CPL active polymer/metal complex composites. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.