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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Mechanochemistry

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  • Chromism, or color change in response to stimuli, is key for smart materials.
  • Luminescent chromism offers high sensitivity but typically involves one-way, two-state color changes.
  • Systems with instant, reversible, biphasic color switching are needed for broader applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a novel luminescent chromism with instant, biphasic color switching and spontaneous reversibility.
  • To demonstrate mechanically controllable phase transitions in a luminescent organosuperelastic crystal.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a luminescent organosuperelastic crystal capable of single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation.
  • Applied mechanical force (stress) as the single stimulus to control the material's properties.
  • Investigated mechanochromic luminescence and superelasticity (diffusion-less plastic deformation with spontaneous shape recoverability).

Main Results:

  • Achieved real-time, reversible, and stepless control over biphasic color emission ratios.
  • Demonstrated that superelasticity enables precise control via mechanically induced phase transitions.
  • Introduced a new chromic system termed 'superelastochromism'.

Conclusions:

  • Superelastochromism enables unique, stimulus-responsive color changes through mechanical stress.
  • The developed material shows potential for creating informative molecule-based mechanical sensors.
  • This work advances the development of smart materials with advanced optical and mechanical functionalities.