A Pyrene-Functionalized Polytyrosine Exhibiting Aggregation-Induced Emission

and Capable of Dispersing Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen Bonding with P4VP

Ahmed F. M. EL-Mahdya,b and Shiao-Wei Kuo*a

aDepartment of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung

80424, Taiwan

bChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt.

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Table S1. The emission properties of Pyrene-2NH2 and pyrene-PTyr.

Sample Solvent λmax (abs) λmax (PL) Фf (%)Pyrene-2NH2 Methanol 370 460 28

DCM 374 445 41THF 378 455 43DMF 383 470 47

Acetone 386 458 32Pyrene-PTyr DMF 368 457 24

DMSO 385 458 20Methanol 385 453 12

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Figure S1. 13C-NMR spectra of (a) pyrene-2NH2, (b) Tyr-NCA, (c) pyrene-PTyr

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Figure S2. GPC traces of pyrene-PTyr.

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Figure S3. Photoluminescence photographs of (A, C) pyrene-2NH2 in (a, methanol; b, DCM; c,

THF; d, DMF; e, acetone). (B, D) pyrene-PTyr in (a, DMF; b, DMSO; c, methanol) under a

concentration of 10-4 M before (A, B) and after UV irradiation at 343 nm (C, D).

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Figure S4. PL emission spectrum pyrene-PTyr in the solid state (excitation wavelength: 343 nm).

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