A mechano- and thermoresponsive luminescent cyclophane

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

doi:10.1039/c6cc01614f

A mechano- and thermoresponsive luminescent cyclophane

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Apr 28;52(33):5694-7. doi: 10.1039/c6cc01614f.

Authors

Yoshimitsu Sagara¹, Yoan C Simon², Nobuyuki Tamaoki³, Christoph Weder⁴

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N20, W10, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan. sagara@es.hokudai.ac.jp and Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. christoph.weder@unifr.ch.
² Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. christoph.weder@unifr.ch and School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, the University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr. #5050, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
³ Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N20, W10, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan. sagara@es.hokudai.ac.jp.
⁴ Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. christoph.weder@unifr.ch.

PMID: 27040453
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01614f

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't