Chirality-switchable circularly polarized luminescence in solution based on the solvent-dependent helix inversion of poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s

Poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s containing (S)-2-methylbutoxy side chains were found to exhibit blue circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). The handedness of the CPL could be switched by a solvent-dependent helix inversion of the polymer backbone between chloroform (M-helical structure) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (P-helical structure).