Solid State Optical Properties of 4-Alkoxy-pyridine Butadiene Derivatives: Reversible Thermal Switching of Luminescence
Solid State Optical Properties of 4-Alkoxy-pyridine Butadiene Derivatives: Reversible Thermal Switching of Luminescence
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DOI:
10.1021/jp800298b
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发表时间:
2008-05
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3.7
通讯作者:
N. S. S. Kumar-N.-S.-S.-Kumar-2107468207;S. Varghese;N. Rath;Suresh Das
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N. S. S. Kumar-N.-S.-S.-Kumar-2107468207;S. Varghese;N. Rath;Suresh Das
The synthesis and optical properties of a series of alkoxyphenyl-pyridyl butadiene derivatives in solution and in the solid state are described. All the derivatives were practically nonfluorescent in solution but showed good fluorescence in the solid-state. The role of molecular packing in controlling the solid-state fluorescence was investigated by studying the X-ray crystal structure of these molecules. One of the derivatives, 4-((1E,3E)-4-(4-butoxyphenyl)buta-1,3-dienyl)pyridine exhibited polymorphism, with the different polymorphs exhibiting visually distinguishable fluorescence. In the natural state it existed as a polymorph exhibiting blue fluorescence, while it’s cooled melt emitted yellow light. The difference could be attributed to a transformation in the molecular packing of the material from a herringbone to a brickstone arrangement, resulting in a change from monomer to J-type aggregate fluorescence. The polymorph exhibiting yellow fluorescence was fairly stable (>6 months) but could be conver...