The Synthesis and Optical Property of a Ternary Hybrid Composed of Aggregation-Induced Luminescent Polyfluorene, Polydimethylsiloxane, and Silica

Nurul Amira Shazwani Zainuddin, Yusuke Suizu, Takahiro Uno, Masataka Kubo, Tengling Ye, Bixin Li · 2024

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Nurul Zainuddin and colleagues synthesized in 2024 a three-part hybrid material that glows more when its molecules cluster, a trait called aggregation-induced emission. The glowing part is a polyfluorene carrying a known emission unit and added hydroxyl groups. It was locked, in a spread-out state, inside a hybrid of silicone polymer and silica.

The hybrid was built by sol-gel reactions with both glowing and silicone parts bearing hydroxyl groups. Its glow grew stronger as silica content rose, and it faded as outside temperature rose. A control composite without the hydroxyl links showed neither effect. The team thus made a temperature-responsive glowing material without changing how much emitter was present or how it clustered.

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CREATORNurul Amira Shazwani Zainuddin, Yusuke Suizu, Takahiro Uno, Masataka Kubo, Tengling Ye, Bixin Li
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE26 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11644464

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