title: Tuning the Colors of the Dark Isomers of Photochromic Boron Compounds with Fluoride Ions: Four-State Color Switching.
abstract: Combining a three-coordinated boron (BMes2) moiety with a four-coordinated photochromic organoboron unit leads to a series of new diboron compounds that undergo four-state reversible color switching in response to stimuli of light, heat, and fluoride ions. Thus, these hybrid diboron systems allow both convenient color tuning/switching of such photochromic systems, as well as visual fluoride sensing by color or fluorescent emission color change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
authors.forename: Soren K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mellerup
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
authors.forename: Ying-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Hashemite University , P.O. Box 330117, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan.
authors.forename: Hazem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amarne
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.|Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 1000081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Suning
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang