Mechanochromic Fluorescent Materials: Phenomena, Materials and Applications
CHAPTER 2: Organic Small-molecule Mechanofluorochromic Materials
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Published:08 May 2014
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Miao Luo, Xie Zhou, 2014. "Organic Small-molecule Mechanofluorochromic Materials", Mechanochromic Fluorescent Materials: Phenomena, Materials and Applications, Jiarui Xu, Zhenguo Chi
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In the last two decades, organic π-conjugated materials have attracted immense interest due to their versatility in tuning optical and electronic properties, as promising candidates for various opto-electronic applications, such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), field effect transistors, solar cells and photodetectors.1–4 While the majority of such materials have initially been based on the polymers due to their easy processability and affordable mechanical properties, their ill-defined and complicated structures and morphologies have seriously limited a clear understanding of their inherent properties, which has hindered exploitation of the full potential of π-conjugated materials by demanding tedious protocols for device optimization. Thus, the focus has been gradually shifted to small organic molecules and oligomers, which benefit from a well-defined chemical structure and precisely tunable intra- and intermolecular interactions, toward active components for organic sensors, field effect transistors, solar cells, light-emitting diodes and lasers.5