Issue 22, 2020

Tricolor fluorescence switching in a single component mechanochromic molecular material

Abstract

The present work explores a rational molecular design for a multicolor switchable mechanochromic molecular system with a high fluorescence quantum yield ΦF. It is demonstrated that the reversible and high-contrast tricolor luminescence switching can be induced by combining the crystal-to-amorphous transition and unique crystal-to-crystal transition of a polymorphic α-dicyanodistyrylbenzene (α-DCS) unit. To this end, we have synthesized a luminescent molecule comprising an α-DCS core flanked with long dodecyloxy chains (DDDCS). DDDCS shows blue (B) and orange (O) fluorescent crystalline states and a green (G) fluorescent amorphous state. Very specifically, applying a shear force to the solid sample directs a fluorescence switching to the G state, while thermal annealing and solvent vapor annealing direct it to the B and O states, respectively.

Graphical abstract: Tricolor fluorescence switching in a single component mechanochromic molecular material

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Feb 2020
Accepted
23 Apr 2020
First published
24 Apr 2020

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 7417-7421

Tricolor fluorescence switching in a single component mechanochromic molecular material

H. Kim, J. Gierschner and S. Y. Park, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 7417 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01032D

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