Mechanochromic behavior of a luminescent silicone rubber under tensile deformation

Yeon Ju Kim; Sang Hwan Lee; Kwang-Un Jeong; Changwoon Nah

doi:10.1117/12.2236753

26 September 2016 Mechanochromic behavior of a luminescent silicone rubber under tensile deformation

Yeon Ju Kim, Sang Hwan Lee, Kwang-Un Jeong, Changwoon Nah

Proceedings Volume 9929, Nanostructured Thin Films IX; 992915 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236753
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A novel mechanochromic elastomer based on silicone rubber and coumarin 6 dye have been prepared with various concentrations of the dye ranges from 2wt.% to a maximum of 5wt.% by solution mixing technique. After evaporating the solvent, cured samples were prepared as thin films using compression molding at 170° C. The optimum composition of the dye in rubber composites was determined based on the mechanochromic performance characterized with ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) spectrometer, x-ray diffraction (XRD) and spectrofluorometer (FL). The UV/Vis spectrometer monitors the dye aggregation in polymer film during the tensile deformation. The XRD monitors the change in size of dye aggregates. The FL monitors the optical response during tensile deformation due to the re-arrangement of dyes. As increasing a mechanical deformation to the polymeric composite film, UV/Vis absorption intensity was decreased and the FL emission wavelength was moved to decrease wavelength because of breaking dye aggregations. Also, XRD intensity peak was decreased, which dye aggregations were broken after mechanical deformation.

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Yeon Ju Kim, Sang Hwan Lee, Kwang-Un Jeong, and Changwoon Nah "Mechanochromic behavior of a luminescent silicone rubber under tensile deformation", Proc. SPIE 9929, Nanostructured Thin Films IX, 992915 (26 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236753

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