Nanofibers: Click Synthesis, Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Chirality, Circularly Polarized Luminescence, and Helical Self‐Assembly of a Leucine‐Containing Silole (Small 47/2016)

The synthesis of a chiral fluorescent silole derivative containing l-leucine methyl ester moiety (Silole–Leu) is reported by B. S. Li, B. Z. Tang, co-workers on page 6593. Silole–Leu exhibits aggregation-induced emission and circular dichroism, and circular polarized luminescence. Silole–Leu is endowed with the ability to self-assemble into nano/micro helical luminescent fibers and their dimensions can be tuned by adjusting the ratio and volume of the mixed solvents for assembling.