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Fluorescent Aggregates of 1-(p-Butyloxyphenyl)-4-(p-cyanophenyl)Buta-1E,3E-Diene: Temperature Sensing and Photoimaging Applications

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The use of fluorescent solid films of a 1-(p-butyloxyphenyl)-4-(p-cyanophenyl)buta-1E, 3E-diene as an efficient temperature sensor is described. The fluorescence changes in these films are proposed to occur due to a reversible temperature-dependent variation in its monomer-aggregate ratio. Photoisomerization of the butadiene chromophore in solid films was observed to occur only at elevated temperatures (> 120°C), making the material also useful for reversible photochemical generation of fluorescence patterns with nondestructive readout properties.

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Davis, R., Das, S. Fluorescent Aggregates of 1-(p-Butyloxyphenyl)-4-(p-cyanophenyl)Buta-1E,3E-Diene: Temperature Sensing and Photoimaging Applications. J Fluoresc 15, 749–753 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-005-2983-7

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