TY - JOUR
T1 - An electrochemical color-switchable RGB dye
T2 - Tristable [2]catenane
AU - Deng, Wei Qiao
AU - Flood, Amar H.
AU - Stoddart, J. Fraser
AU - Goddard, William A.
PY - 2005/11/23
Y1 - 2005/11/23
N2 - We propose a design for an electrochemically driven RGB dye based on a tristable [2]catenane, in which the color of the molecule can be switched between Red, Green, and Blue by merely changing voltage. Based on DFT calculations, we conclude that the tristable [2]catenane should consist of a CBPQT4+ ring interlocked with a polyether macrocyle containing DNP (red), TTF (green), and FBZD (blue) units as the tunable RGB color-generating donors. Thus, at controllable voltages 0, V1, and V2, the [2]catenane is expected to display green, blue, and red colors, respectively. The advent of these RGB tristable molecules may have potential applications in low cost paperlike electronic displays.
AB - We propose a design for an electrochemically driven RGB dye based on a tristable [2]catenane, in which the color of the molecule can be switched between Red, Green, and Blue by merely changing voltage. Based on DFT calculations, we conclude that the tristable [2]catenane should consist of a CBPQT4+ ring interlocked with a polyether macrocyle containing DNP (red), TTF (green), and FBZD (blue) units as the tunable RGB color-generating donors. Thus, at controllable voltages 0, V1, and V2, the [2]catenane is expected to display green, blue, and red colors, respectively. The advent of these RGB tristable molecules may have potential applications in low cost paperlike electronic displays.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja0431298
DO - 10.1021/ja0431298
M3 - Article
C2 - 16287264
AN - SCOPUS:28044458314
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 127
SP - 15994
EP - 15995
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 46
ER -