Supplementary Information (SI)

Morphology and photophysical properties of dual-emissive hyperbranched

zinc phthalocyanines and their self-assembling superstructures

Kun Jia a, †,*, Lin Pana, †, Zicheng Wang a, Liting Yuan a, Xufei Zhou a, Yumin Huang a,

Chunhui Wu b, and Xiaobo Liu*a

a Research Branch of Advanced Functional Materials, High Temperature Resistant Polymer and

Composites Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Microelectronics and Solid-State

Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China. b Department of Biophysics, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic

Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.

E-mail: jiakun@uestc.edu.cn, liuxb@uestc.edu.cn; Tel: +86-28-83207326

Fig. S1 The FTIR spectra of four samples synthesized for different time

Fig. S2 The XRD spectra of four HBZnPCs samples synthesized for different time

Fig. S3 The DSC curves of HBZnPCs synthesized for different time of 0.5 h (A), 4 h (B), 15 h (C) and

20 h (D), respectively

Fig. S4 The fluorescent emission of HBZnPCs in DMF solution with increasing concentrations from

curve 0.009 mg/mL to 0.2 mg/mL.

Fig. S5 The fluorescent emission of HBZnPCs in pyridine solution, shown in inset was the samples vial

under 365 nm UV light illumination

Fig. S6 The fluorescent emission of HBZnPCs in chloroform solution, shown in inset was the samples

vial under 365 nm UV light illumination

Fig. S7 The UV-Vis spectra of HBZnPCs when dispersed in DMF/H2O mixed solvent with different

relative volume ratio