Mechanofluorochromic Difluoroboron <i>β</i> ‐Diketonates Based Polymer Composites: Toward Multi‐Stimuli Responsive Mechanical Stress Probes - Archive ouverte HAL
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Mechanofluorochromic Difluoroboron β ‐Diketonates Based Polymer Composites: Toward Multi‐Stimuli Responsive Mechanical Stress Probes

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Developing mechano-responsive fluorescent polymers that exhibit distinct responses to distinct mechanical stresses requires a careful design of the fluorophore in order to tune its interactions with the polymer. A series of mechanofluorochromic (MFC) polymer composites are prepared by dispersing difluoroboron diketonates complexes with various alkyl side-chain lengths (DFB-alkyl) in linear low-density polyethylene. Observation of the resulting polymer composites under a microscope reveals different aggregate sizes of the three DFB-alkyls, thus confirming the functionalization by alkyl side chains as a powerful approach to control the aggregation process in a polymer. Besides, the three polymer composite samples are shown to be sensitive to both stretching and scratching, thereby consisting in the first reported example of MFC polymer responding to these two distinct mechanical stimuli. To establish a structure-property relationship, the strategy consisted in applying controlled tensile or friction forces while simultaneously monitoring fluorescence changes. Interestingly, the intensity of the MFC response to both stretching and scratching depends on the alkyl chain length and thus on the aggregation properties of the fluorophore. According to a time-resolved fluorescence study, the emission is found to originate from different species following the type of applied stress (tensile or friction force).
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hal-03799197 , version 1 (05-10-2022)

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Benjamin Poggi, Elliot Lopez, Rémi Métivier, Laurence Bodelot, Clémence Allain. Mechanofluorochromic Difluoroboron β ‐Diketonates Based Polymer Composites: Toward Multi‐Stimuli Responsive Mechanical Stress Probes. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2022, 43 (15), pp.2200134. ⟨10.1002/marc.202200134⟩. ⟨hal-03799197⟩
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