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Reversible Micro- And Nano- Phase Programming of Anthraquinone Thermochromism Using Blended Block Copolymers

Reversible Micro- And Nano- Phase Programming of Anthraquinone Thermochromism Using Blended Block Copolymers

Yumiao Zhang, Jonathan F Lovell

Langmuir. 2015 Dec 22;31(50):13488-93.

PMID: 26626998

Abstract:

Here, we present an approach to generate materials with programmable thermochromic transition temperatures (TTTs), based on the reversible microcrystallization of anthraquinone dyes with the assistance of blended Pluronic block copolymers. At temperatures above block copolymer critical micellization temperature (CMT), hydrophobic anthraquinone dyes, including Sudan blue II, were dispersed in copolymer micelles, whereas at lower temperature, the dyes formed microcrystals driven by dye-dye and dye-Pluronic molecular interactions. The crystallization process altered the optical properties of the dye with bathochromatic shifts detectable by eye and the thermochromic process was fully reversible. Not only could Pluronic reversibly incorporate the anthraquinone dyes into micelles at elevated temperatures, but it also modulated the crystallization process and resulting morphology of microcrystals via tuning the molecular interactions when the temperature was lowered. Crystal melting transition points (and TTTs) were in agreement with the CMTs, demonstrating that the thermochromism was dependent on block copolymer micellization. Thermochromism could be readily programmed over a broad range of temperatures by changing the CMT by using different types and concentrations of Pluronics and combinations thereof.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP17354142	Sudan Blue II		17354-14-2	Price

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