Enhanced two-photon absorption with novel octupolar propeller-shaped fluorophores derived from triphenylamine.

[structure: see text] Novel octupolar fluorophores derived from the symmetrical functionalization of a triphenylamine core with strong acceptor peripheral groups via phenylene-ethynylene linkers have been synthesized and shown to exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields, very large TPA cross-sections in the red-NIR region, and suitable photostability.