Brightly Tricolored Mechanochromic Luminescence from a Single-Luminophore Liquid Crystal: Reversible Writing and Erasing of Images

A mechanical and thermal responsive luminescent liquid crystal forming a colourless film under room light

(2011) Yoshimitsu Sagara et al.   SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Brilliant reversible luminescent mechanochromism of silver(i) complexes containing o-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene and phosphinesulfide

(2010) Toshiaki Tsukuda et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Vapochromic and Mechanochromic Tetrahedral Gold(I) Complexes Based on the 1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene Ligand

(2010) Masahisa Osawa et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Luminescence of a Copper Iodide Cluster

(2010) Sandrine Perruchas et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multistimuli Two-Color Luminescence Switching via Different Slip-Stacking of Highly Fluorescent Molecular Sheets

(2010) Seong-Jun Yoon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polymorphism and Reversible Mechanochromic Luminescence for Solid-State Difluoroboron Avobenzone

(2010) Guoqing Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Stimuli-Responsive, Photoluminescent, Anthracene-Based Liquid Crystal: Emission Color Determined by Thermal and Mechanical Processes

(2009) Yoshimitsu Sagara et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thermally Induced Reversible Phase Transformations Accompanied by Emission Switching Between Different Colors of Two Aromatic-Amine Compounds

(2009) Yunfeng Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dynamic Crystals: Visually Detected Mechanochemical Changes in the Luminescence of Gold and Other Transition-Metal Complexes

(2009) Alan L. Balch   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A thermoresponsive photoluminescent smectic liquid crystal: change of photoluminescent color on the smectic–smectic phase transition

(2009) Shogo Yamane et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Self-assembly of functional columnar liquid crystals

(2009) Takashi Kato et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanofluorochromism of a Series of Benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[4,5-a]carbazole-Type Fluorescent Dyes

(2009) Yousuke Ooyama et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Stimuli-responsive europium-containing metallo-supramolecular polymers

(2009) Justin R. Kumpfer et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Reversible Self-Assembly of Entrapped Fluorescent Gelators in Polymerized Styrene Gel Matrix: Erasable Thermal Imaging via Recreation of Supramolecular Architectures

(2009) Sampath Srinivasan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanically induced luminescence changes in molecular assemblies

(2009) Yoshimitsu Sagara et al.   Nature Chemistry

Vesicular perylene dye nanocapsules as supramolecular fluorescent pH sensor systems

(2009) Xin Zhang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Phosphorescent, Terdentate, Liquid-Crystalline Complexes of Platinum(II): Stimulus-Dependent Emission

(2008) Valery N. Kozhevnikov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stimuli‐Responsive Luminescent Liquid Crystals: Change of Photoluminescent Colors Triggered by a Shear‐Induced Phase Transition

(2008) Yoshimitsu Sagara et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Switching of Polymorph-Dependent ESIPT Luminescence of an Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Derivative

(2008) Toshiki Mutai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Luminescence color change of a platinum(II) complex solid upon mechanical grinding

(2008) Taichi Abe et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Solid State Optical Properties of 4-Alkoxy-pyridine Butadiene Derivatives: Reversible Thermal Switching of Luminescence

(2008) N. S. Saleesh Kumar et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Molecular Packing and Solid-State Fluorescence of Alkoxy-Cyano Substituted Diphenylbutadienes:  Structure of the Luminescent Aggregates

(2008) Riju Davis et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Reversible Mechanochromic Luminescence of [(C6F5Au)2(μ-1,4-Diisocyanobenzene)]

(2008) Hajime Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)s as a “New” Class of Piezochromic Fluorophores

(2007) J. Kunzelman et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organogels as scaffolds for excitation energy transfer and light harvesting

(2007) Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS