Multi-responsive Itaconic Acid-based Polymer toward Regulatable Patterning Surfaces and Rewritable Information Storage Applications

Hao-Chen Guo; Jian Chen; Bo-Lun Feng; Hou-Li Zhang; Xiao-Yu Yang; Lu Wang; Pei-Ming Xu; Hui Li; Chuan-Yong Zong

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Multi-responsive Itaconic Acid-based Polymer toward Regulatable Patterning Surfaces and Rewritable Information Storage Applications

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2025-07-15

- Multi-responsive Itaconic Acid-based Polymer toward Regulatable Patterning Surfaces and Rewritable Information Storage Applications
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 43, Issue 7, Pages: 1114-1124(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
  b.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  c.Shandong Sport University, Jinan 250102, China
  d.Taishan Sports Industry Group Co., Ltd, Dezhou 253600, China
- Author bio：
  
  xupeiming@163.com (P.M.X)
  chm_zongcy@ujn.edu.cn (C.Y. Z.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-025-3370-2
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- Received：13 March 2025，
  
  Accepted：02 May 2025，
  
  Published Online：13 June 2025，
  
  Published：01 July 2025
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Guo, H. C.; Chen, J.; Feng, B. L.; Zhang, H. L.; Yang, X. Y.; Wang, L.; Xu, P. M.; Li, H.; Zong, C. Y. Multi-responsive itaconic acid-based polymer toward regulatable patterning surfaces and rewritable information storage applications. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1114–1124

Hao-Chen Guo, Jian Chen, Bo-Lun Feng, et al. Multi-responsive Itaconic Acid-based Polymer toward Regulatable Patterning Surfaces and Rewritable Information Storage Applications[J]. Chinese journal of polymer science, 2025, 43(7): 1114-1124.
Guo, H. C.; Chen, J.; Feng, B. L.; Zhang, H. L.; Yang, X. Y.; Wang, L.; Xu, P. M.; Li, H.; Zong, C. Y. Multi-responsive itaconic acid-based polymer toward regulatable patterning surfaces and rewritable information storage applications. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1114–1124 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3370-2.

Hao-Chen Guo, Jian Chen, Bo-Lun Feng, et al. Multi-responsive Itaconic Acid-based Polymer toward Regulatable Patterning Surfaces and Rewritable Information Storage Applications[J]. Chinese journal of polymer science, 2025, 43(7): 1114-1124. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3370-2.

摘要

A multiresponsive itaconic acid-based polymer was synthesized to fabricate smart surfaces

enabling reversible surface patterning and rewritable information storage. Various tailored wrinkling patterns and acid-printed patterns can be conveniently fabricated on these surfaces. This study advances the development of functional polymers using green engineering.

Abstract

Functional materials synthesized from bio-based building blocks are fascinating and challenging in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Herein

we present a versatile strategy for synthesizing bio-based stimulus-responsive polymers derived from itaconic acid (IA). Bearing an azobenzene-containing side chain

the IA-based epoxy polymer exhibited both photoresponsiveness and acid/base-stimulus responsiveness. With controllable manipulation of the stress field of the wrinkling IA-polymer film

via

the stress relaxation effect resulting from the reversible cis-trans isomerization of the azobenzene moieties or solvent-induced swelling of the film

various tailor-made patterned wrinkling surfaces were conveniently fabricated. More importantly

the azobenzene protonation/deprotonation yields a reversible visual color transformation between pale yellow and purple in the film

which allows these IA-based polymer-coated surfaces to be utilize

d as rewritable information storage media. Various elegant pattern information can be acid-printed and base-erased (within 10 s) for multiple cycles and legible for over one day under laboratory conditions. Notably

the aforementioned dual-stimulus responsiveness of the IA-based polymer film enables its surface to be applied in information encryption. This study not only paves a new avenue for the convenient fabrication of stimulus-responsive surfaces but also sheds light on the development of functional polymers through green engineering.

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