The fabrication of a micropatterned QD composite with superior PL properties in that the presence of a positive charge on the QDs enhances the dispersion interaction between the QDs, and the allylic group enables the QDs to form strong chemical binding to the polymer matrix.

ABSTRACT. The spiropyran is a typical material having photodegradation properties in the process of photochromism. The spiropyran has been utilized in various applications such as optical switch, optical memories, and biosensor because of its remarkable stability, fast responsive time, stronger color change, and photo-induced controllability. However, the spriropyran is photodegraded by the repetitive optical irradiation. The photodegradation of spiropyran have been investigated by using UV-Visible spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and Raman spectroscopy. Herein, the properties of spiropyran were characterized by using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) in the terahertz frequency region. In terahertz region, the measured absorbance of spiropyran was increased due to the photodegradation induced by the repetitive UV irradiation. The absorbance tendency of spiropyran in the terahertz frequency region was compared with that in the visible region, and they were completely opposite to each other.

Correction for ‘Fabrication of highly photoluminescent quantum dot-polymer composite micropatterned surface using thiol-ene chemistry’ by Chung-Hyeon Kim et al., RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 96700–96705.