Issue 14, 2016

Multiresponsive luminescent dicyanodistyrylbenzenes and their photochemistry in solution and in bulk

Abstract

Multiresponsive luminescent materials with dicyanodistyrylbenzene chromophores incorporated into bent-core and rod-like molecules have been prepared and characterized. Rod-like compounds exhibit nematic or smectic liquid crystal phases, whereas bent-core compounds melt directly to the isotropic liquid at high temperatures. Fluorescence properties are very sensitive to external stimuli such as heat, light, pressure and solvent vapors. All compounds undergo Z/E photoisomerization in solution under UV irradiation. In addition, photochemical activity in bulk has been investigated. Whereas the crystal phases are stable under UV irradiation, the liquid crystal phases are unstable giving rise to Z/E photoisomerization and [2+2]-photocycloaddition products. As a consequence, photoinduced phase changes are observed. This study shows the versatilty of dicyanodistyrylbenzene-based liquid crystals as novel types of photoreactive materials.

Graphical abstract: Multiresponsive luminescent dicyanodistyrylbenzenes and their photochemistry in solution and in bulk

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 9 2015
Accepted
02 11 2015
First published
11 11 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 2886-2893

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Multiresponsive luminescent dicyanodistyrylbenzenes and their photochemistry in solution and in bulk

M. Martínez-Abadía, S. Varghese, R. Giménez and M. B. Ros, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 2886 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC02852C

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