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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 143, Issue 14, Pages 5519-5525Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01328
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- Japan Science Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO [JPMJPR17P6]
- JSPS KAKENHI [JP18H02024, JP20H05198]
- Suematsu Challenging Research Award
- JSPS
- National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Bio-Inspired Materials, a research instrument of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- Adolphe Merkle Foundation
- China Scholarship Council (CSC) [201806935036]
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A new approach to cyclophane-based supramolecular mechanophores is introduced in this study. The mechanically responsive cyclic motif shows a noticeable change in emission color upon deformation, indicating a suppression of excimer-promoting interactions between luminophores. The research suggests that cyclophanes have the potential for developing various supramolecular mechanophores for detecting and visualizing weak forces in polymeric materials or living tissues.
A new approach to cyclophane-based supramolecular mechanophores is presented. We report a mechanically responsive cyclic motif that contains two fluorescent 1,6-bis(phenylethynyl)pyrene moieties that are capable of forming intramolecular excimers. The emission spectra of dilute solutions of this cyclophane and a polyurethane elastomer into which a small amount of the mechanophore (0.08 wt %) had been covalently integrated are dominated by excimer emission. Films of the cyclophane-containing polyurethane also display a considerable portion of excimer emission, but upon deformation, the fluorescence becomes monomerdominated and a perceptible change from cyan to blue is observed. The response is instant, reversible, and consistent with a mechanically induced change of the molecular conformation of the mechanophore so that the excimer-promoting interactions between the luminophores are suppressed. In-depth investigations show a correlation between the applied strain and the emission color, which can conveniently be expressed by the ratio of monomer to excimer emission intensity. The current study suggests that cyclophanes can be utilized to develop various supramolecular mechanophores that detect and visualize weak forces occurring in polymeric materials or generated by living tissues.
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