Electrochemically Switchable Circularly Polarized Photoluminescence within Self-Assembled Conducting Polymer Helical Microfibers

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Contributors

  • Chenchen Wang - , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Lin Liu - (Author)
  • Jingyu Wang - (Author)
  • Yong Yan - (Author)

Abstract

Achieving electrically and/or electrochemically controlled circularly polarized photoluminescence (CPL) is challenging due to the non-electroactive characteristics of most chiral materials and the non-electrosensitive feature of materials' chiroptical signals. Here we found that the CPL of self-assembled conducting polyaniline (PANI) helical microfibers could be reversibly switched by applying an alternating electrical bias. The conducting polymer is not the fluorophore but can transfer its chirality to the coassembled aggregation-induced emission (AIE) fluorescent molecules. The electrochemically switchable CPL is derived from the reversible transformation of the chirality of the polyaniline microfibers, which is probably due to the change in the molecular interchain distance upon doping/dedoping. Subsequently, we have demonstrated double-layer information encryption based on the electrochemically reversible CPL and conductance.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19714–19718
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume144
Issue number43
Publication statusPublished - 2 Nov 2022
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85140632802