Abstract
Eye-catching metallic luster materials, especially those whose colors can be controlled by external stimuli, have many potential applications. Here, we present a silver luster material that changes color to gold upon UV irradiation. Diacetylene (DA) derivatives with stilbenes introduced via linkers at both ends (DS-DAn (n = 1-6)) exhibited significantly different metallic luster and color change behaviors depending on the linker carbon number (n). The results revealed that the stacked structure of platelet crystals consisting of DS-DA1 with the shortest linker carbon chain exhibited a silver luster and changed its appearance to gold upon UV irradiation; this was an exceptional property of this material. More importantly, we found a unique crystal structure formed by DS-DA1, where the two assembled states coexisted. Partial topochemical polymerization of DA within this unique crystal structure dramatically changed its color from silver to gold. The findings of this study not only contribute to the development of the basic science of DA polymerization but also facilitate the development of new applications of metallic luster materials due to their attractive features that are adaptable to photomask patterning and UV laser lithography.
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