A fluorescent probe based on triphenylamine with AIE and ICT characteristics for hydrazine detection.

A fluorescent probe MAM based on triphenylamine scaffold was synthesized. The electron donating group 4-methoxyphenyl and the electron acceptor dicyanoethylene were introduced on the triphenylamine scaffold to form a D-π-A fluorescent probe. The probe MAM exhibited the typical aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) characteristics with the bright orange-red fluorescent emission in high water fraction (f ≥ 50%) and negligible emission in low water fraction.