Herein, two new iridium(III) complexes, namely Ir2 and Ir3, with a phenyl or triphenylamine (TPA) moiety at the 4-position of ring 2-phenylbenzothiazole, have been synthesized, their emission properties studied systematically compared non-substituted complex Ir1. These three complexes exhibit aggregation-induced (AIE) in H2O/CH3CN. The TPA-substituted Ir3 shows highest AIE activity. All can be ...

Three novel luminescent iridium(III) dyes functionalized with a tryptophan amino acid and bearing two cyclometalated 2-phenylpyridines, 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)pyridines or 2-phenylquinolines have been prepared well characterized. They emit at 522–561 nm luminescence quantum yield in the range 0.33–0.98. All are able to stain neuronal cells rat cerebellum tissue, as evidenced by fluorescence micr...