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Songen Liu1, Yi Zhang1, Jianqiu Li1
1College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Water/light regulated room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) of polypseudorotaxane supramolecular gel is constructed by threading the poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-PPG-PEG) chain with the bromoaromatic aldehyde into mono-(6-ethylenediamine-6-deoxygenated)-β-cyclodextrin (ECD) cavities and further assembling with negatively charged Laponite XLG (CNS) and diarylethene derivative (DAE) through electrostatic interaction. This hydrogel exhibits significant blue fluorescence emission; instead, after lyophilization to xerogel, the system exhibits both blue fluorescence and yellow RTP based on the rigid network structure of the xerogel, which restricts the vibration of the phosphor and suppresses the nonradiative relaxation process. Interestingly, the addition of excess ECDs to the gel system can enhance the RTP emission. Furthermore, the reversible luminescence behavior can be adjusted by the photoresponsive isomerism of DAE and humidity. This polypseudorotaxane supramolecular gel system provides a novel strategy for constructing tunable RTP materials.
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