Double-Layer Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanofluorochromic Response for Smart Display

Hui-Hui Shi; Shuang-Shuang Wu; Rui-Jia Wang; Yi Zhang; Shu-Hui An; Wei Lu; Tao Chen

doi:10.1007/s10118-022-2885-z

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Double-Layer Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanofluorochromic Response for Smart Display

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2023-03-07

- Double-Layer Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanofluorochromic Response for Smart Display
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 41, Issue 4, Pages: 547-555(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
  b.School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Author bio：
  
  luwei@nimte.ac.cn (W.L.)
  tao.chen@nimte.ac.cn (T.C.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-022-2885-z
  CLC：
- Received：15 August 2022，
  
  Revised：2022-10-4，
  
  Accepted：12 October 2022，
  
  Online First：19 December 2022，
  
  Published：01 April 2023
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Shi, H. H.; Wu, S. S.; Wang, R. J.; Zhang, Y.; An, S. H.; Lu, W.; Chen, T. Double-layer hydrogels with tunable mechanofluorochromic response for smart display. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 547–555

Hui-Hui Shi, Shuang-Shuang Wu, Rui-Jia Wang, et al. Double-Layer Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanofluorochromic Response for Smart Display[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(4): 547-555.
Shi, H. H.; Wu, S. S.; Wang, R. J.; Zhang, Y.; An, S. H.; Lu, W.; Chen, T. Double-layer hydrogels with tunable mechanofluorochromic response for smart display. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 547–555 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2885-z.

Hui-Hui Shi, Shuang-Shuang Wu, Rui-Jia Wang, et al. Double-Layer Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanofluorochromic Response for Smart Display[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(4): 547-555. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2885-z.

摘要

Double-layer mechanofluorochromic hydrogels are fabricated by the facile integration of two different-colored fluorescent hydrogel films via interfacial hydrogen bonding. Force-triggered response of overlapping color is realized due to the strain-dependent UV transmittance change of top layer. With the patterning capability of bottom layer

the materials demonstrate great potential for smart display.

Abstract

Mechanofluorochromic materials that render sensitive fluorescence color/pattern change upon mechanical stimuli have drawn extensive attention. However

traditional mechanofluorochromism relies on the chemical transformations of mechanophores

but their types are quite few. It remains challenging to develop mechanofluorochromic materials with customized fluorescence color changing response. Herein

a generally applicable strategy is proposed to present a class of double-layer mechanofluorochromic hydrogels based on the facile integration of two different-colored fluorescent hydrogels. Due to the UV transmittance change of top layer under Poisson’s effect

the emission intensity ratio of the upper and lower hydrogels exhibits a strain-dependent change

resulting in a force-triggered overlapping color variation. Both the UV transmittance of top layer and the fluorescence emission of bottom layer can be readily modulated to enrich the variety of mechanofluorochromism. Besides

the bottom layer is available to be printed by ion inks to fabricate patterned double-layer fluorescent hydrogel

holding great potential to design flexible mechanofluorochromic platforms for smart display and information encryption.

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