Issue 17, 2023

Time-dependent photo-activated aminoborane room-temperature phosphorescence materials with unprecedented properties: simple, versatile, multicolor-tuneable, water resistance, optical information writing/erasing, and multilevel data encryption

Abstract

Triarylboranes-based pure organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials are rarely investigated because of their large steric hindrance and the electron defect of the boron atom. As a result, creating functional triarylborane RTP materials is difficult. Herein, we report the first photo-activated RTP materials with lifetimes/quantum yields ≤0.18 s/6.83% based on donor (D)–π–acceptor (A) from methylene carbazole-functionalized aminoborane (BN)-doped polymethyl methacrylate (BN-o-Met-Cz@PMMA) under 365 nm UV irradiation (30 s). Incredibly, BN-o-Met-Cz@PMMA films exhibited unprecedented photo-activated RTP dual–response properties (e.g., air + 365 nm: τP = 0.18 s, ΦP = 6.83%; N2 + 365 nm: τP = 0.42 s, ΦP = 17.34%). Intriguingly, the BN (D–π–A) system demonstrated good versatility for photo-activated RTP whether the electron-donating group or electron-withdrawing group was placed in the ortho (meta)-position of the B atom. As a result, a series of photo-activated single-molecule organic RTP materials with multi-color emission, high quantum yields, and ultra-long lifetimes can be prepared rapidly. BN-X@PMMA films showed broad application prospects for information encryption, data erasure, anti-counterfeiting, and water resistance. Our method provides new strategies for the design, synthesis, and application of RTP materials, thereby enriching the types of organic RTP materials and facilitating further developments in this area.

Graphical abstract: Time-dependent photo-activated aminoborane room-temperature phosphorescence materials with unprecedented properties: simple, versatile, multicolor-tuneable, water resistance, optical information writing/erasing, and multilevel data encryption

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
02 2月 2023
Accepted
25 3月 2023
First published
28 3月 2023
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 4633-4640

Time-dependent photo-activated aminoborane room-temperature phosphorescence materials with unprecedented properties: simple, versatile, multicolor-tuneable, water resistance, optical information writing/erasing, and multilevel data encryption

H. Ding, Y. Sun, M. Tang, J. Wen, S. Yue, Y. Peng, F. Li, L. Zheng, S. Wang, Y. Shi and Q. Cao, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4633 DOI: 10.1039/D3SC00568B

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