Isothermally reversible fluorescence switching of a mechanochromic perylene bisimide dye.

Mizoshita, Norihiro; Tani, Takao; Inagaki, Shinji · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Isothermally rewritable fluorescence mechanochromism has been realized for a perylene bisimide dye with bulky and flexible substituents. Fluorescent patterns drawn by mechanical stimuli can be erased by thermal stimuli, treatment with solvent vapors, or spontaneous structural transition from orange-fluorescent to green-fluorescent states. The isothermal fluorescence switching of solid dye films is applicable to displays and sensory materials.

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