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Stimuli‐Responsive Dual‐Color Photon Upconversion: A Singlet‐to‐Triplet Absorption Sensitizer in a Soft Luminescent Cyclophane
Author(s) -
Mase Kazuma,
Sasaki Yoichi,
Sagara Yoshimitsu,
Tamaoki Nobuyuki,
Weder Christoph,
Yanai Nobuhiro,
Kimizuka Nobuo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201712644
Subject(s) - cyclophane , photochemistry , photon upconversion , intersystem crossing , singlet state , chemistry , anthracene , luminescence , absorption (acoustics) , singlet oxygen , fluorescence , materials science , crystal structure , optoelectronics , crystallography , excited state , optics , organic chemistry , physics , composite material , oxygen , nuclear physics
Abstract Reversible emission color switching of triplet–triplet annihilation‐based photon upconversion (TTA‐UC) is achieved by employing an Os complex sensitizer with singlet‐to‐triplet (S‐T) absorption and an asymmetric luminescent cyclophane with switchable emission characteristics. The cyclophane contains the 9,10‐bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene unit as an emitter and can assemble into two different structures, a stable crystalline phase and a metastable supercooled nematic phase. The two structures exhibit green and yellow fluorescence, respectively, and can be accessed by distinct heating/cooling sequences. The hybridization of the cyclophane with the Os complex allows near‐infrared‐to‐visible TTA‐UC. The large anti‐Stokes shift is possible by the direct S‐T excitation, which dispenses with the use of a conventional sequence of singlet–singlet absorption and intersystem crossing. The TTA‐UC emission color is successfully switched between green and yellow by thermal stimulation.