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Fluorescent Liquid-Crystal Gels with Electrically Switchable Photoluminescence

✍ Scribed by X. Tong; Y. Zhao; B.-K. An; S. Y. Park

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
312 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
1616-301X

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Fluorescent self‐assembled liquid gels have been prepared for the first time through the use of a gelator showing aggregation‐induced enhanced emission. The photoluminescence, arising from the fibrous aggregates of the gelator, can be repeatedly switched by an electric field. Modulating the excitation light through electric‐field‐induced liquid‐crystal orientation offers new ways to achieve and explore electrically controllable photoluminescence.

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