Carborane photochromism: A fatigue resistant carborane switch

Li, Chong; Aldred, Matthew P.; Harder, Rachel A.; Chen, Ying; Yufit, Dmitry S.; Zhu, Ming-Qiang; Fox, Mark A

Abstract

A dithienylethene molecule involving carborane clusters shows remarkable fatigue resistance and high contrast visual colour changes when irradiated with alternating ultraviolet and visible light. The fluorescence of this assembly can be switched on and off when irradiated in the solid state but not in the solution state.

Citation

Li, C., Aldred, M. P., Harder, R. A., Chen, Y., Yufit, D. S., Zhu, M.-Q., & Fox, M. A. (2021). Carborane photochromism: A fatigue resistant carborane switch. Chemical Communications, 57(74), 9466-9469. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc03248h

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 16, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Aug 16, 2021
• Publication Date: Sep 21, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 24, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 24, 2021
• Journal: Chemical Communications
• Print ISSN: 1359-7345
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-548X
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 74
• Pages: 9466-9469
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc03248h
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1236707