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Simple synthetic strategy converts blue-emissive molecules into multicolor luminescent materials

Phys · · 572 words · By Shibaura Institute

This article reports on scientific research detailing a synthetic strategy that converts blue-emissive molecules into multicolor luminescent materials. The study, conducted by researchers from the Shibaura Institute of Technology and the University of Hyogo, demonstrated that structural flexibility and external forces like mechanical grinding or pressure can induce reversible color changes in molecular crystals. The findings suggest potential applications for developing optical materials that can signal environmental or structural changes.

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“Zn(II) is an earth-abundant and low-toxicity metal”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Zinc (Zn) is an abundant metal in the Earth's crust and is considered an essential trace metal. The evidence supports its general characterization as an abundant metal, and the context of the search results implies low toxicity relative to other heavy metals, consistent with general scientific understanding.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zinc is a chemical element; it has symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny blue whitish appearance when surface oxidation is removed. It is t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc
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web search NEUTRAL — Abstract Zinc (Zn) is one of the most abundantly found heavy metals in the Earth's crust and is reported to be an essential trace metal required for the growth of living beings, with it being a cofact…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9197589/
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web search NEUTRAL — Abstract Zinc (Zn) is one of the most abundantly found heavy metals in the Earth's crust and is reported to be an essential trace metal required for the growth of living beings, with it being a cofact…
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/1…
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“The study was led by Professor Akiko Hori and Mr. Yuta Takeuchi from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, and Prof. Yoshiki Ozawa and Prof. Masaaki Abe from the University of Hyogo, Japan.”
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Multiple web search results specifically name Professor Akiko Hori from the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) and mention collaborators from the University of Hyogo, confirming the key personnel and institutions involved in the study.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An institute of technology (also referred to as technological/technology university/college, technical university/college, university/college of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Shibaura Institute of Technology (芝浦工業大学, Shibaura Kōgyō Daigaku), abbreviated as Shibaura kōdai (芝浦工大, Shibaura kōdai), is a private university with the main campus located in Koto, Tokyo, Japan,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学) was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Institute_of_Technology
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“The work is published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — When values of birefringence are very high, the property is termed giant birefringence which more generically is called giant optical anisotropy. Values for giant birefringence exceed 0.3. Much bigge…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_birefringence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iron(III) chloride, also called ferric chloride, is an inorganic compound with the formula FeCl3. It forms hydrates FeCl3·xH2O. These compounds are some of the most important and commonplace compounds…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(III)_chloride
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of scientific journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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“The team observed a striking contrast between the fluorinated and non-fluorinated crystals—particularly the much larger and smoother color shifts observed under mechanical grinding and hydrostatic pressure.”
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The specific comparison regarding larger and smoother color shifts under mechanical grinding and hydrostatic pressure between fluorinated and non-fluorinated crystals is detailed in the search results, but no second independent source corroborates this precise comparative observation.
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“A key point of this study is that a small blue-emissive molecule can be converted into a multicolor luminescent material in a one-step reaction.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly quote or paraphrase the central message that a small blue-emissive molecule can be converted into a multicolor luminescent material in a one-step reaction.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prof. Hori highlights the central message of their study: "A key point of this study is that a small blue-emissive molecule can be converted into a multicolor luminescent material in a one-step ...
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-simple-synthetic-strategy-blue…
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web search NEUTRAL — This step converts a blue-emissive small organic molecule into a multicolor luminescent material. In solution, it behaves as a blue emitter, whereas in the solid state, its emission color changes reve…
https://www.shibaura-it.ac.jp/en/headline/detail/20260418-79…
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web search NEUTRAL — Equally important is that achieving the dual-state emission in one molecule may also reduce several inconveniences derived from long, multiple-step synthetic methodologies in the synthesis of fluoroph…
https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(21)00293-9
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“The resulting material shows reversible color changes over a wide range, from blue in solution to green and red in the solid state, depending on the environment.”
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web search NEUTRAL — The color of the thermochromic liquid crystal can therefore continuously range from non-reflective (black) through the spectral colors to black again, depending on the temperature. Typically, the high…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermochromism
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web search NEUTRAL — This research indicates that the maximum color difference, which occurs in the condition that the ratio of CVL:BPA:CSR:HD is 2:1:2:140, enables transitions from blue-gray to green hues and then to red…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X2…
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web search NEUTRAL — This chapter introduces materials that change color with scientific definitions and explanations of different categories such as photochromic, thermochromic, and electrochromic materials. The behavior…
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-00290-3_…
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“By introducing pentafluorobenzoate bridges into a dumbbell-shaped Zn(II) dimer, the researchers created a molecular crystal that exhibits continuous and nearly reversible emission color changes, spanning from green to orange-red upon gentle grinding or compression.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Abstract Dumbbell-shaped Zn (II) paddlewheel dimers bearing π-extended triphenylamine-ethynylpyridine ligands were synthesized to investigate how fluorination and axial π-extension influence structura…
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/qi/d5qi0…
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web search NEUTRAL — We have previously developed the following procedure for the synthesis of d - and 4 f -metal pentafluorobenzoates: a stoichiometric amount of pentafluorobenzoic acid was added to freshly precipitated …
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1070328422100037
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web search NEUTRAL — Elemental analysis, IR spectra, and X-ray crystal structure analysis were carried out to determine the compositions and crystal structures of the two compounds. The crystal packing exhibits intricate …
https://eurekamag.com/research/105/198/105198263.php
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“These changes occur without obvious chemical degradation and are instead attributed to pressure-induced structural flexibility and adaptive intermolecular interactions within a simple Zn2(μ-carboxylate)4 framework.”
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Multiple web search results discuss the concept of color changes being attributed to structural flexibility and intermolecular interactions under pressure, confirming the general mechanism described, even if the exact chemical formula ($ ext{Zn}_2( ext{μ-carboxylate})_4$) is specific to the source material.
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web search NEUTRAL — Here, we put forward an unconventional strategy to explore the pressure-induced evolution of the aggregation microenvironment, involving changes in molecular conformation, stacking mode, and ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32968-9
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web search NEUTRAL — Here, we put forward an unconventional strategy to explore the pressure-induced evolution of the aggregation microenvironment, involving changes in molecular conformation, stacking mode, and intermole…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9448794/
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web search NEUTRAL — Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks respond to molecular or physical stimuli with spontaneous pore opening or closing, leading to applications in gas separation, storage, sensing, actuation etc. The re.…
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202218…
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“The reversible and visually distinct luminescence changes observed in this study demonstrate how mechanical stress and pressure can be directly translated into optical responses in molecular crystals.”
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“The continuous color modulation in the solid state provides insight into how structural flexibility and intermolecular interactions govern stimulus-responsive luminescence.”
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“Yuta Takeuchi et al, Multicolor and reversible stimuli-responsive luminescence of dumbbell-shaped Zn(ii) complexes with extended triphenylamine-attached ethynylpyridine terminals, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2026). DOI: 10.1039/d5qi02451j”
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