Room Temperature Phosphorescent (RTP) Thermoplastic Elastomers with Dual and Variable RTP Emission, Photo‐Patterning Memory Effect, and Dynamic Deformation RTP Response. Issue 5 (23rd December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Yuefa; Sun, Qikun; Yue, Lingtai; Wang, Yaguang; Cui, Shuaiwei; Zhang, Haichang; Xue, Shanfeng; Yang, Wenjun
• Is Part Of: Advanced science. Volume 9:Issue 5(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2021-12-23
• Subjects: dual room temperature phosphorescence -- phosphorescent polymers -- photo‐patterning memory effect -- thermoplastic elastomers -- versatile strategy for RTP polymer; Science -- Periodicals; 505
• DOI: 10.1002/advs.202103402
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2198-3844

Abstract

Abstract: Room temperature phosphorescent (RTP) polymers have advantages of strength, toughness, and processing and application flexibility over organic small molecular crystals, but the current RTP polymers are all from rigid plastics and involve chemical linkage and hydrogen and ionic bonds, and thermoplastic RTP elastomer has not been attempted and realized. Moreover, solution‐processed films by simply mixing polymers and organic RTP materials can only show weak and single blue RTP. Here it is presented that such elastomer films, once thermomechanically plasticized, can emit bright and long‐lived dual RTP. Moreover, they exhibit photo‐activation memory effect, variable RTP colors and dynamic deformation RTP response. These results reveal that thermoplasticizing has altered the dispersion states and micro‐environment of RTP molecules in matrix, and the cohesion of elastic polymer itself can also greatly restrict non‐radiative relaxations to boost both blue mono‐molecular and yellow micro‐crystalline RTP. This work provides an effective and versatile processing strategy for tuning and enhancing the RTP properties of doped RTP polymers. Abstract : Organic room temperature phosphorescent (RTP) molecules are doped into thermoplastic elastomer by thermoplasticizing solution‐processed films, which alters dispersed state and micro‐environment of RTP molecules and contributes variable dual RTP emission, photo‐pattern memory effect, and deformation RTP response. This is a versatile strategy to enhance and tune photoluminescence (PL) properties of RTP polymers.