A Novel Mechanochromic and Photochromic Polymer Film: When Rhodamine Joins Polyurethane

作者:Wang Zhijian; Ma Zhiyong; Wang Yao; Xu Zejun; Luo Yiyang; Wei Yen; Jia Xinru
来源:Advanced Materials, 2015, 27(41): 6469-+.
DOI:10.1002/adma.201503424

摘要

A rhodamine-based molecule, Rh-OH, is synthesized. Rh-OH exhibits a reversible mechanochromic luminescent character but a passivating response to UV light. An elastomeric polymer film based on polyurethane with embedded Rh-OH is prepared via a polycondensation reaction. The film shows mechanochromic and photochromic properties with reversible color change, which originates from the isomerization of the Rh-OH molecule from a twisted spirolactam in the ring-closed form to a planarized zwitterionic structure in the ring-open state.