121st General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area Organic Chemistry
Room No. Event Hall
Time 4월 19일 (목요일) 11:00~12:30
Code ORGN.P-433
Subject Stimuli-responsive azobenzene nanofibers with aggregation-induced emission enhancement characteristics
Authors Mina Han*, Sung June Cho1, Yasuo Norikane2, Takahiro Seki3
Department of Chemical Education, Kongju National University, Korea
1Department of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Korea
2Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
3Department of Molecular Design & Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
Abstract We report red fluorescent nanofibers generated via the self-assembly of new AIEE-active azobenzene chromophores. The combination of our spectroscopic results, DFT calculations, and the Rietveld refinement of the XRD data for the crystalline structures reveals that the partially increased planarization and inclined arrangements of the chromophores are responsible for the red shift in the absorption bands and for the increase in the fluorescence efficiency. The enhanced red fluorescence of the fibrous structures can be switched off by pressing, rubbing, or annealing. Our findings may be applicable to the development of stimuli-responsive luminescent materials that range from optoelectronic devices and sensors to fluorescent polarizers combined with unidirectional molecular arrangements in polymeric objects.
E-mail hanmin@kongju.ac.kr