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Asymmetric Cyclophanes Permit Access to Supercooled Nematic Liquid Crystals with Stimuli-responsive Luminescence

    2017
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  • Chemistry of Materials. - 2017, vol. 29, no. 14, p. 6145-6152
English A novel material with stimulus-responsive luminescence was created by integrating a chromophore with assembly-dependent emission properties into a liquid crystalline compound that can be kinetically trapped in a supercooled liquid crystalline state. This was achieved by synthesizing an asymmetric cyclophane containing one 1,6-bis(phenylethynyl)pyrene group. The new compound displays a broad nematic phase above ∼110 °C upon being heated. Quenching to room temperature allows one to avoid crystallization, and the supercooled nematic phase is stable for at least 1 h. When the compound is heated, a phase transition from the kinetically trapped state to a crystalline state occurs, concomitant with a pronounced change in photoluminescence. The crystalline phase thus accessed shows mechanoresponsive luminescence behavior.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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AMI - Chimie des polymères et matériaux
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  • English
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Chemistry
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