Abstract
Mechanochromism in polymers has attracted great interests in recent years. Herein, we develop a mechanochromic elastomer carrying spiropyran mechanophores in the chain and mechanoresponsiveness of elastomer is enhanced by embedding luminescent carbon dot ( CD ) nanoparticles as crosslinkers and energy donor in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Compared with the control with physically blended CD , CD crosslinked elastomer exhibit excellent daylight and fluorescent colors change under stretching. The mechanochemically induced fluorescence change is a result of FRET between CD nanoparticles and the activated merocyanine. The control with physically blended CD nanoparticles shows low FRET in stretching due to lower fraction of spiropyran activation as a result of lower mechanical properties. Furthermore, the CD crosslinked elastomer has already been applied in rewritable mechanochemical and photochemical recording or printing. Our demonstration shows that interfacial chemical bonding plays a critical role in the reinforcement of mechanical properties for polymer composites and may exhibit great potential in the study of the acceleration of mechanoresponsiveness of polymer and multi-responsiveness of polymer nanocomposites. • Mechanochromic elastomers were prepared with SP being in chain and crosslinked by CD. • CD as nanofiller and energy donor improves mechanochromism of nanocomposites by FRET. • Elastomers enable use in rewritable mechano- and photochemical recording/printing.
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