School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Base of Novel Functional Materials and Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Impact and Safety Engineering, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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Liu, B.; Tan, Q. L.; Wei, M. H.; Cao, R. N.; Weng, G. S. Highly sensitive thermo-fluorochromic polymeric elastomers via phenanthroline-mediated dynamic Tb/Sm-carboxylate coordination. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-026-3811-6
Bo Liu, Qiu-Li Tan, Ming-Hui Wei, et al. Highly Sensitive Thermo-fluorochromic Polymeric Elastomers
Liu, B.; Tan, Q. L.; Wei, M. H.; Cao, R. N.; Weng, G. S. Highly sensitive thermo-fluorochromic polymeric elastomers via phenanthroline-mediated dynamic Tb/Sm-carboxylate coordination. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-026-3811-6 DOI:
Bo Liu, Qiu-Li Tan, Ming-Hui Wei, et al. Highly Sensitive Thermo-fluorochromic Polymeric Elastomers
A tough and self-healable Tb
3+
-and Sm
3+
-containing thermo-fluorochromic (TFC-Sm/Tb) elastomer with highly sensitive and tunable temperature-responsive emission was developed. The elastomer was dynamically cross-linked by Tb
3+
and Sm
3+
ions through coordination with the COOH groups of the carboxylated nitrile butadiene chains
with 1
10-phenanthroline acting as the ancillary ligand. Mechanical investigations reveal that Tb
3+
cross-linking is more effective in enhancing toughness. The TFC-Sm/Tb elastomer also has high self-healing efficiency and provides effective adhesion to the metal surface. Fluorescence spectroscopic studies showed that Tb
3+
mainly displays an intense spin-forbidden interconfigurational 4f
8
→4f
7
5d
1
excitation transition
whereas Sm
3+
excitation is dominated by a broad Phen-to-Sm
3+
energy transfer band from 250 nm to 380 nm. By adjusting the excitation wavelength or Sm
3+
/Tb
3+
molar ratio
the emission color can be easily tuned from green to red. Notably
the Tb
3+
emission is highly tem
perature-sensitive and undergoes pronounced thermal quenching upon heating
while the Sm
3+
emission remains nearly invariant from 25 °C to 100 °C. This distinct contrast enabled highly sensitive thermo-fluorochromism
yielding a high relative thermal sensitivity of 8.6 (%)/K. As a proof of concept
our work paves the way for the fabrication of thermofluorochromic materials with potential applications in luminescent textiles
anti-counterfeiting
and temperature-sensing fluorochromic coatings.
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