Dynamic wrinkling pattern exhibiting tunable fluorescence for anticounterfeiting applications

Tianjiao Ma, Tiantian Li, Liangwei Zhou, Xiaodong Ma, Jie Yin and Xuesong Jiang ()
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Tianjiao Ma: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tiantian Li: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Liangwei Zhou: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaodong Ma: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jie Yin: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xuesong Jiang: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract A dynamic surface pattern with a topography and fluorescence in response to environmental stimulus can enable information recording, hiding, and reading. Such patterns are therefore widely used in information security and anticounterfeiting. Here, we demonstrate a dynamic dual pattern using a supramolecular network comprising a copolymer containing pyridine (P4VP-nBA-S) and hydroxyl distyrylpyridine (DSP-OH) as the skin layer for bilayer wrinkling systems, in which both the wrinkle morphology and fluorescence color can be simultaneously regulated by visible light-triggered isomerization of DSP-OH, or acids. Acid-induced protonation of pyridines can dynamically regulate the cross-linking of the skin layer through hydrogen bonding, and the fluorescence of DSP-OH. On selective irradiation with 450 nm visible light or acid treatment, the resulting hierarchical patterned surface becomes smooth and wrinkled reversibly, and simultaneously its fluorescence changes dynamically from blue to orange-red. The smart surfaces with dynamic hierarchical wrinkles and fluorescence can find potential application in anticounterfeiting.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15600-6

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