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Solvation Dependent Redox‐Gated Fluorescence Emission in a Diarylethene‐Based Sexithiophene Polymer Film
Author(s) -
Kortekaas Luuk,
Browne Wesley R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201600330
Subject(s) - diarylethene , photochromism , bifunctional , materials science , fluorescence , polymer , nanotechnology , monomer , computer science , solvation , molecular switch , redox , photochemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , chemistry , optics , physics , composite material , catalysis , metallurgy
Bringing the functionality of molecular systems to interfaces while avoiding cross‐talk and loss of function is essential to realize their full potential. The photochromic and ‐physical properties in polymer films formed from a terthiophene–diarylethene bifunctional monomer are lost due to aggregation but restored by solvent swelling, recovering electro‐ and photochromic switching as well as on/off control of fluorescence with memory.