Issue 12, 2019

Mechanofluorescent polymer/silsesquioxane composites based on tetraarylsuccinonitrile

Abstract

Mechanofluorescent polymer/silsesquioxane composites with high visibility and outstanding tunable mechanical properties were prepared by introducing tetraarylsuccinonitrile (TASN) derivatives, whose central carbon–carbon bonds can be cleaved upon exposure to mechanical stress, which generates relatively stable pink radicals and yellow-light emission under UV irradiation, via a sol–gel method. The mechanochromic and mechanical properties of the resulting materials were investigated using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements and tensile tests, which revealed that these two properties are mutually related and can be easily tuned by changing the feed ratio of the starting materials.

Graphical abstract: Mechanofluorescent polymer/silsesquioxane composites based on tetraarylsuccinonitrile

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
21 8 2019
Accepted
28 10 2019
First published
06 11 2019

Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 2681-2685

Mechanofluorescent polymer/silsesquioxane composites based on tetraarylsuccinonitrile

F. Hoshino, T. Kosuge, D. Aoki and H. Otsuka, Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, 3, 2681 DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00535H

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