T and V-shaped donor-acceptor-donor molecules involving pyridoquinoxaline: large Stokes shift, environment-sensitive tunable emission and temperature-induced fluorochromism.

The intramolecular charge transfer-driven emission properties of T and V-shaped donor-acceptor-donor molecules involving a new acceptor core of pyridoquinoxaline were demonstrated. The T-shaped molecule exhibits a large Stokes shift, red emission in the solid state and remarkable viscosity and temperature-dependent tunable fluorescence including a thermally-induced single-component near white-light emission.