Bistable Solid-State Fluorescence Switching in Photoluminescent, Infinite Coordination Polymers

Abstract

Photo-functional infinite coordinated polymers (ICPs) were synthesized that consist of the photochromic dithienylethene (DTE) and a luminescent bridging unit to give enhanced fluorescence in the solid state. We could fabricate well-ordered micropatterns of these ICPs by a soft-lithographic method, which repeatedly showed high contrast on–off fluorescence switching. © 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim