A resilient and luminescent stimuli-responsive hydrogel from a heterotopic 1,8-naphthalimide-derived ligand

Hawes, Chris S.; Lynes, Amy D.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Ryan, Gavin; Möbius, Matthias E.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur

doi:10.1039/C7CC03482B

A resilient and luminescent stimuli-responsive hydrogel from a heterotopic 1,8-naphthalimide-derived ligand

Hawes, Chris S.; Lynes, Amy D.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Ryan, Gavin; Möbius, Matthias E.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur

Authors

Chris Hawes c.s.hawes@keele.ac.uk

Amy D. Lynes

Kevin Byrne

Wolfgang Schmitt

Gavin Ryan

Matthias E. Möbius

Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

Abstract

A heterotopic naphthalimide ligand N-(4-picolyl)-4-(4'-carboxyphenoxy)-1,8-naphthalimide HL is utilised for the formation of self-assembled soft materials. In the presence of K+ ions, L- forms a robust photoluminescent hydrogel 1 which is reversible under thermal, mechanical or chemical stimuli.

Acceptance Date	May 11, 2018
Publication Date	Jun 4, 2018
Journal	Chemical Communications
Print ISSN	1359-7345
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Pages	5989 -5992
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC03482B
Publisher URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CC03482B