Amorphous and crystalline blends from polytyrosine and pyridine-functionalized anthracene: hydrogen-bond interactions, conformations, intramolecular charge transfer and aggregation-induced emission

Abstract

A new pyridine-terminated fluorophore of (E)-4-(2-(anthracen-9-yl)vinyl)pyridine (AnPy) with intramolecular charge transfer and aggregation-induced emission properties was synthesized and was blended with polytyrosine (PTyr) through hydrogen-bond interactions.