Supramolecular Assembly of Perylene Bisimide with β‐Cyclodextrin Grafts as a Solid‐State Fluorescence Sensor for Vapor Detection

Abstract A nanoscopic supramolecular aggregate is constructed from perylene bisimide‐bridged bis‐(permethyl‐ β ‐cyclodextrins) 1 via π–π stacking interactions. Its self‐assembly behavior in organic and aqueous solutions is investigated by UV–Vis, fluorescence, and 1 H NMR spectroscopy. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy images show the 1D nanorod aggregation of 1 , which is birefringent under crossed polarizer conditions and strongly fluorescent as depicted in the fluorescence microscopy image. X‐ray powder diffraction measurements indicate that 1 forms a well‐ordered crystalline arrangement with a π–π stacking distance of 4.02 Å. Furthermore, the solid‐state fluorescence sensing is explored by utilizing the poly(vinylidene fluoride) membrane‐embedded 1 , giving that 1 , as a novel vapor detecting material, can probe several kinds of volatile organic compounds and, especially, exhibits high sensitivity to organic amines.