Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.58, No.16, 10736-10742, 2019
Multiresponsive UV-One-Photon Absorption, Near-Infrared-Two Photon Absorption, and X/gamma-Photoelectric Absorption Luminescence in One [Cu4I4] Compound
A new Cu4I4-cluster-based compound is constructed to show multifaceted photoluminescent attributes: (1) ultraviolet (UV)-excited thermo-, mechano-, and rigido-chromic phosphorescence by the OPA (one-photon absorption) pathway, due to the interchanging emissions from cluster-centered ((CC)-C-3) and halide-to-ligand charge-transfer ((XLCT)-X-3) excited triplet states, (2) the ability to convert X/gamma-ray and near-infrared (NIR) radiation to visible-light emission, in which the heavy Cu4I4 cores serve as the efficient X/gamma-PEA (photoelectric absorption) or NIR-TPA (two-photon absorption) trapper and convertor to photons in the visible spectrum from the same emissive triplet states as those produced by UV excitation. This all-in-one compound affords a highly integrated nanolab for understanding and exploiting a wide range of photophysical phenomena simultaneously and is further fabricated into fiber-coupled long-range, in situ cryogenic thermometer and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-embedded monolith gel, providing access to advanced applications in multifunctional optical materials and devices.