Abstract
On the basis of cyclotrixylohydroquinoylene (CTX), a novel water-soluble phospholate-based CTX derivative (WPCTX) was prepared with facile synthetic procedure and satisfying yield. Several model guest molecules were selected to investigate WPCTX's host-guest properties. Based on the study of the host and model guest complexation, a tetraphenylethylene derivative from model guest was employed as a guest molecule (G) to form WPCTX⊃G nanoparticles (NPs) with WPCTX through further supramolecular self-assembly in water. Moreover, a hydrophobic fluorescent dye, Eosin Y(ESY) or Nile red (NiR), was encapsulated in WPCTX⊃G NPs to construct two types of artificial light-harvesting systems. Their high antenna effect demonstrated such NPs successfully mimicked light-harvesting systems in nature.
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