Achieving long lifetime of room-temperature phosphorescence via constructing vitrimer networks

Pure organic polymer materials exhibiting room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are highly desired for optoelectronic and biomedical applications. Covalent bonding of phosphors into a polymer matrix has been found to be successful in constructing efficient RTP materials owing to the substantial rol...

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Published in:Materials chemistry frontiers 2022-04, Vol.6 (8), p.1068-1078
Main Authors: Gao, Yulei, Deng, Zhou, Wang, Fenfen, Sun, Pingchuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ammonia
Biomedical materials
Chain dynamics
Covalence
Crosslinking
Emission
Mechanical properties
Molecular motion
Molecular structure
Optoelectronics
Phosphorescence
Phosphors
Photoluminescence
Polymers
Room temperature
Thermal stability
Thermomechanical properties
Topology
Vitrimers
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Summary:Pure organic polymer materials exhibiting room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are highly desired for optoelectronic and biomedical applications. Covalent bonding of phosphors into a polymer matrix has been found to be successful in constructing efficient RTP materials owing to the substantial roles of the polymer matrix in restricting the molecular motion of phosphors and activating RTP emissions, thus fabricating new covalently crosslinked high-performance RTP materials is of great significance. Herein, a reasonable RTP system is constructed by covalently linking the phosphor (BF 2 epo) into an epoxy-based vitrimer network to obtain fluorescence and RTP double emissions. The 3D crosslinked polymer network structure restricts the molecular motion of BF 2 epo, depresses nonradiative transition and shields quenchers effectively. By altering the content of BF 2 epo, polychromatic photoluminescence and long phosphorescence lifetime are achieved under air conditions. The RTP emission intensity of this vitrimer material can respond to two different stimuli of ammonia and temperature, making it possible to work as sensors with good mechanical properties. Furthermore, the topology rearrangement of a dynamically crosslinked network structure endows this dual emission vitrimer with potential prospects in applications such as device fabrication and processing because of the advantages of excellent thermomechanical properties, high thermal stability, and self-repairing properties.
ISSN:2052-1537
2052-1537
DOI:10.1039/D2QM00003B