Fluorinated π-Conjugated Mesogens for Multi-State Photoluminescent Liquid Crystals: From Molecular Design to Stimuli-Responsive Soft Materials

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Photoluminescent liquid crystals combine organic emission with liquid-crystalline order and fluidity, offering soft photonic materials responsive to temperature, external fields, and mechanical stimuli. Their molecular design must balance the suppression of nonradiative relaxation and unfavorable π–π stacking with sufficient flexibility for mesophase formation. This personal account provides a comparative analysis of fluorinated bistolane and tolane-based mesogens, examining photoluminescnce (PL) in dilute solution, crystalline states, and liquid-crystalline phases. Five complementary design strategies are discussed: donor–π–acceptor frameworks for electronic tuning; aromatic-ring fluorination for modifying electronic properties and local packing, potentially involving C–H···F contacts; flexible-chain engineering, including semifluoroalkoxy segments that may promote mesophase organization through a tendency toward fluorocarbon–hydrocarbon nanosegregation; acceptor modification for adjusting electronic and steric properties; and dimerization for controlling molecular shape and conformational freedom. By comparing phase-dependent PL wavelengths, quantum yields, and thermal histories across these architectures, this account distinguishes emission measured directly in liquid-crystalline phases from thermal-history-dependent emission observed after quenching. The resulting cross-framework analysis identifies molecular design factors associated with PL efficiency and mesophase formation, highlights limitations of proposed intermolecular interaction mechanisms, and provides principles for developing multi-state emissive soft materials.
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Authors Shigeyuki Yamada, Masato Morita, Motohiro Yasui, Tsutomu Konno
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Journal bulletin of the chemical society of japan
Year 2026
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10.1093/bulcsj/uoag150
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https://doi.org/10.1093/bulcsj/uoag150
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