Tricolor fluorescence switching in a single component mechanochromic molecular material
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Reversible tricolor switching in a mechanochromic α-dicyanodistyrylbenzene molecule has been developed. The tricolor switching (blue, orange, and green) is implemented by external stimuli of heat, solvent-vapor exposure, and mechanical force.
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A reversible switching between different aggregation states has been reported by combining the two approaches.
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- Authors
- Kim, H.-J., Gierschner, J., & Park, S. Y.
- Affiliations
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Park, Soo Young
- Venue
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2020
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 22
- Pages
- 7417-7421
- ISSN
- 2050-7526 (ISSN-L)
- 2050-7534
- OpenAlex
- W3020406141
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C (publishedVersion)
- Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea (grant no. 2017R1E1A1A01075372 [RIAM0417-20180023])
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (CTQ2017-87054, SEV-2016-0686)
- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer composites and self-healing
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
- Keywords
- mechanochromism, reversible fluorescence switching, mechanical forces
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