Recent progress in the mechanochromism of phosphorescent organic molecules and metal complexes

P Xue, J Ding, P Wang, R Lu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic and organometallic molecules, which change their luminescence properties
through a mechanical stimulus, such as emission wavelength and quantum yield, are called …

Recent advances in organic mechanofluorochromic materials

Z Chi, X Zhang, B Xu, X Zhou, C Ma, Y Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanofluorochromic materials, which are dependent on changes in physical molecular
packing modes, have attracted considerable interest over the past ten years. In this review …

Mechanoresponsive luminescent molecular assemblies: an emerging class of materials

Y Sagara, S Yamane, M Mitani, C Weder… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Mechanically-induced chemical changes in polymeric materials

MM Caruso, DA Davis, Q Shen, SA Odom… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Engineering applications of synthetic polymers are widespread due to their availability,
processability, low density, and diversity of mechanical properties (Figure 1a). Despite their …

Mechanically responsive luminescent polymers based on supramolecular cyclophane mechanophores

Y Sagara, H Traeger, J Li, Y Okado… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A new approach to cyclophane-based supramolecular mechanophores is presented. We
report a mechanically responsive cyclic motif that contains two fluorescent 1, 6-bis …

Dye-containing polymers: methods for preparation of mechanochromic materials

F Ciardelli, G Ruggeri, A Pucci - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The detection of mechanical stress in polymeric materials through optical variations has
attracted considerable interest over the past ten years. In this tutorial review, the current state …

Thermochromic Polymers Function by Design

A Seeboth, D Lotzsch, R Ruhmann… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Thermochromism denotes the phenomenon of a color change with dependence on
temperature. The red color of the ruby, for example, transforms on heating, when exceeding …

From molecules to polymers—harnessing inter‐and intramolecular interactions to create mechanochromic materials

H Traeger, DJ Kiebala, C Weder… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of mechanophores as building blocks that serve as predefined weak
linkages has enabled the creation of mechanoresponsive and mechanochromic polymer …

Folded perylene diimide loops as mechanoresponsive motifs

H Traeger, Y Sagara, DJ Kiebala, S Schrettl… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A supramolecular mechanophore that can be integrated into polymers and indicates
deformation by a fluorescence color change is reported. Two perylene diimides (PDIs) were …

Responsive smart windows from nanoparticle–polymer composites

HN Kim, S Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Windows play significant roles in commercial and residential buildings and automobiles,
which direct and control light illumination, thermal insulation, natural ventilation, and …