Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu<sup>3+</sup> Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking

Qiu-Li Tan; Kai Gou; Jing-Zhi Tang; Ming-Hui Wei; Chong Wang; Yi-Jing Nie; Geng-Sheng Weng

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Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu³⁺ Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-09-23

- Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu³⁺ Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 42, Issue 10, Pages: 1449-1458(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Base of Novel Functional Materials and Preparation Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  b.Institute of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
- Author bio：
  
  wenggengsheng@nbu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-024-3160-2
  CLC： M
- Received：25 April 2024，
  
  Revised：2024-05-09，
  
  Accepted：10 May 2024，
  
  Online First：09 August 2024，
  
  Published：01 October 2024
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Tan, Q. L.; Gou, K.; Tang, J. Z.; Wei, M. H.; Wang, C.; Nie, Y. J.; Weng, G. S. Highly stretchable and tunable thermo-fluorochromic polymer elastomer through Eu³⁺ dynamic coordination cross-linking. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 1449–1458 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-024-3160-2.

Qiu-Li Tan, Kai Gou, Jing-Zhi Tang, et al. Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu³⁺ Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(10): 1449-1458. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-024-3160-2.
Tan, Q. L.; Gou, K.; Tang, J. Z.; Wei, M. H.; Wang, C.; Nie, Y. J.; Weng, G. S. Highly stretchable and tunable thermo-fluorochromic polymer elastomer through Eu³⁺ dynamic coordination cross-linking. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 1449–1458 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-024-3160-2. DOI：

Qiu-Li Tan, Kai Gou, Jing-Zhi Tang, et al. Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu³⁺ Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(10): 1449-1458. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-024-3160-2. DOI：

摘要

A new design of thermo-fluorochromic carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber elastomer cross-linked by Eu

-COOH dynamic coordination with deprotonated imidazole as the ancillary ligand is reported. The elastomer shows facile tunable thermo-fluorochromism

exceptional mechanical strength

and high stretchability.

Abstract

Thermochromic polymers with tunable thermochromism

high stretchability and mechanical strength are of interests for optical information storage and encryption. In this work

we demonstrate a new design of thermo-fluorochromic carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber (XNBR) elastomer cross-linked by Eu

-COOH dynamic coordination with deprotonated imidazole (DPIm) as the ancillary ligand. The presence of DPIm not only improves the mechanical strength and stretchability

but also dramatically intensifies the fluorescence emission and lifetime of the Eu-containing elastomer. The elastomer behaves reversible thermo-fluorochromism with easily tunable transition temperature and emission intensity by the simple change of the deprotonation degree of imidazole. The facile tunable thermo-fluorochromism

exceptional mechanical strength

and high stretchability (up to about 5000%) enable the Eu-containing XNBR elastomer with potential applications in soft electronics where optical information storage and encryption are required.

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Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu3+ Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking

DOI：10.1007/s10118-024-3160-2

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Highly Stretchable and Tunable Thermo-fluorochromic Polymer Elastomer through Eu³⁺ Dynamic Coordination Cross-linking