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A mechano- and thermoresponsive luminescent cyclophane

Sagara, Yoshimitsu ; Simon, Yoan C. ; Tamaoki, Nobuyuki ; Weder, Christoph

In: Chemical Communications, 2016, vol. 52, p. 5694–5697

The first fluorescent cyclophane with mechano- and thermoresponsive solid-state fluorescence characteristics is reported. The new cyclophane comprises two 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene moieties that are bridged by tetraethylene glycol spacers. The stimuli-responsiveness is based on molecular assembly changes.

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Mechanoresponsive Luminescent Molecular Assemblies : An Emerging Class of Materials

Sagara, Yoshimitsu ; Yamane, Shogo ; Mitani, Masato ; Weder, Christoph ; Kato, Takashi

In: Advanced Materials, 2015, vol. 28, no. 6, p. 1073-1095

The possibility to change the molecular assembled structures of organic and organometallic materials through mechanical stimulation is emerging as a general and powerful concept for the design of functional materials. In particular, the photophysical properties such as photoluminescence color, quantum yield, and emission lifetime of organic and organometallic fluorophores can significantly...

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Mechanochemistry in polymers with supramolecular mechanophores

Haehnel, Alexander P. ; Sagara, Yoshimitsu ; Simon, Yoan C. ; Weder, Christoph

In: Topics in current chemistry, 2015, vol. 369, p. 345-375

Mechanochemistry is a burgeoning field of materials science. Inspired by nature, many scientists have looked at different ways to introduce weak bonds into polymeric materials to impart them with function and in particular mechano-responsiveness. In the following sections, the incorporation of some of the weakest bonds, i.e. non- covalent bonds, into polymeric solids is being surveyed. This...

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A Thermo‐ and mechanoresponsive cyano‐substituted oligo(p‐phenylene vinylene) derivative with five emissive states

Sagara, Yoshimitsu ; Lavrenova, Anna ; Crochet, Aurélien ; Simon, Yoan C. ; Fromm, Katharina M. ; Weder, Christoph

In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, vol. 22, no. 13, p. 4374–4378

Multiresponsive materials that display predefined photoluminescence color changes upon exposure to different stimuli are attractive candidates for advanced sensing schemes. Herein, we report a cyano-substituted oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) (cyano-OPV) derivative that forms five different solvent-free solid-state molecular assemblies, luminescence properties of which change upon thermal and...