Magnetochromatic Polydiacetylene by Incorporation of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
Magnetochromatic Polydiacetylene by Incorporation of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
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掺入 Fe3O4 纳米颗粒的磁致变色聚二乙炔
DOI:
10.1002/anie.201100064
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Peng, Huisheng
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作者:
Chen, Xuli;Li, Li;Peng, Huisheng
Conjugated polymers have been explored for a broad spectrum of applications, particularly in optoelectronic and sensing materials, because the π-electron delocalization in the backbones provides them with intriguing electronic and optical properties.[1] For example, polydiacetylene (PDA) exhibits an intense chromatic transition, typically from blue to red, in response to various external stimuli, such as temperature, pH, ion, solvent, and ligand interaction.[1–11] This colorimetric change can be easily perceived by the naked eye, making PDA an ideal candidate for sensing applications. The color changes of PDAs are caused by the shortening of the effective PDA conjugation length as a result of changes in the conformation of the polymer backbone under stimuli. To improve their practical applications, increasing interest has been extensively attracted to explore PDAs with new sensing functionalities. For example, electron-and light-induced PDA/carbon nanotube fibers and PDA/azobenzene nanomaterials were recently discovered by the groups of Peng [12–14] and Zou,[15, 16] respectively. The common and critical strategy is to form nanocomposites by introducing the second phases with specifically designed structures and functionalities. However, to the best of our knowledge, no magnetisminduced chromatism has ever been realized in PDA. However, magnetochromatic PDA materials could be advantageous for many applications ranging from small devices to aircraft as they are low-cost in fabrication, simple in structure, high-efficiency in sensitivity, and convenient and safe in operation.A possible approach to fabricate magnetochromatic PDA systems is to introduce other nanomaterials that may induce PDA conformational changes upon exposure to a magnetic field. Iron oxide nanoparticles have been widely studied for their superparamagnetic properties in recent years and represent one of the ideal candidates to meet this requirement.[17–20] Herein, we first incorporated Fe3O4 nanoparticles into PDA to produce high-quality composites that change colors in AC magnetic field through a ready and efficient selfassembly process. The synthetic procedures are shown in Figure 1. Diacetylenic monomers are first connected to the