Color-Tunable White-Light-Emitting Materials Based on Liquid-Filled Capsules and Thermally Responsive Dyes

Color-tunable white-light-emitting materials are currently attracting much attention because of their potential applications in artificial lighting, sensing, and imaging. However, preparation of these systems from organic emitters is often cumbersome due to the interchromophoric interactions occurri...

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Autores: Vazquez Mera, Nuria|||0000-0002-7837-7882, Otaegui, Jaume Ramon|||0000-0002-9596-8625, Sánchez Sánchez, Rafael|||0000-0001-8948-6120, Prats Álvarez, Gemma, Guirado, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-2128-7007, Ruiz-Molina, Daniel|||0000-0002-6844-8421, Roscini, Claudio|||0000-0002-0157-8934, Hernando, Jordi|||0000-0002-1126-4138
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:218086
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/218086
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1021/acsami.9b02169
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:White-light emission
Color-tunable materials
Thermofluorochromism
Smart materials
Microcapsules
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Sumario:Color-tunable white-light-emitting materials are currently attracting much attention because of their potential applications in artificial lighting, sensing, and imaging. However, preparation of these systems from organic emitters is often cumbersome due to the interchromophoric interactions occurring upon solvent drying in the final solid materials, which can be hardly predicted and may lead to detrimental effects. To circumvent these obstacles, we have developed a new fabrication methodology that relies on dye encapsulation within liquid-filled capsules, thus enabling direct transfer of the luminescent properties from solution to the solid state and as such, rational design of miniaturized white-light-emitting materials. By introducing a thermally responsive chromophore into the capsules, these materials are further endowed with color tunability, which does not only allow ample modulation of the emitted color but also facilitate external fine control of the system so as to ensure precise realization of white light at the desired temperature and excitation wavelength.