Multistimuli-Responsive Dynamic Effects in a One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer
作者:Bibhuti Bhusan Rath、Mayank Gupta、Jagadese J. Vittal
DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03012
日期:2022.1.11
The development of multistimuli-receptive actuators demands a rational combination of suitable functionalities. Achieving such actuating properties in a single crystalline material is a challenge. In spite of several investigations on photo-, thermo,- and mechano-responsive crystals, single crystalline material displaying all these effects is rare. By a judicious combination of photoreactive 2-fluoro-4′-styrylpyridine units and flexible Pb3(SCN)3 units, a multistimuli-responsive one-dimensional (1D) coordination polymer (CP) showing all these dynamic effects has been fabricated. Single crystals of the CP display rapid ballistic events upon ultraviolet (UV) irradiation triggered by [2 + 2] cycloaddition of photoreactive ligands. In addition, macroscopic jumping, bending, and splitting of the crystals were observed during both heating and cooling cycles because of reversible phase transition. Further, slender crystals of the CP exhibit elastic deformation upon the application of mechanical force. With handful of examples of CPs show macroscopic dynamic effects, this CP paves the way for designing multistimuli-responsive multisalient actuating materials.
开发多刺激感应致动器需要将合适的功能合理地结合在一起。在单晶材料中实现这种致动器特性是一项挑战。尽管对光响应、热响应和机械响应晶体进行了多项研究,但能显示所有这些效应的单晶体材料并不多见。通过将具有光活性的 2-氟-4′-苯乙烯吡啶单元和柔性 Pb3(SCN)3 单元巧妙地结合在一起,我们制造出了一种多刺激响应的一维配位聚合物(CP),它能显示出所有这些动态效应。该配位聚合物的单晶体在光活性配体的[2 + 2]环加成引发的紫外线(UV)照射下显示出快速弹道事件。此外,在加热和冷却循环过程中,由于可逆相变,还观察到晶体的宏观跳跃、弯曲和分裂。此外,当施加机械力时,CP 的细长晶体会发生弹性变形。有了少量显示出宏观动态效应的 CP 例子,这种 CP 为设计多刺激响应多梯度致动材料铺平了道路。