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Thermo- and pH- dual responsive inorganic-organic hybrid hydrogels with tunable luminescence

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A thermo- and pH- dual responsive luminescent hydrogel was successfully constructed by coupling dysprosium-containing polyoxometalates Na9DyW10O36 (DyW10) with the ABA triblock copolymer, where the B block is PEO and the A block is the thermosensitive poly(methoxydi(ethylene glycol) methacrylate-co-N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate). The complex hybrid underwent a sol-gel phase transition above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the A block. DyW10 was electrostatically encapsulated into the hydrophobic domain of the A block with enhanced photoluminescence. When temperature cooled down, the luminescence could be restored. By addition of acids to protonate the A block, and emission of DyW10 was simultaneously enhanced. Sensitivity of poly(N,N-dimethy laminoethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) to pH also enabled the emission of DyW10/copolymer hydrogel to be reversibly switched by alternating acid/base treatments.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373001, 51673002), and the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2015DFA41670).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Jinlong Zhang & Weihong Qiao

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Jinlong Zhang, Junyan Tan, Yan Guan & Jie Zhang

  3. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China

    Haibing Wei

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Zhang, J., Wei, H., Tan, J. et al. Thermo- and pH- dual responsive inorganic-organic hybrid hydrogels with tunable luminescence. Sci. China Chem. 61, 328–335 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9137-7

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