Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 430, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133084
Keywords
Supramolecular adhesive; Strong adhesion; Long-afterglow property; Multiple intermolecular interactions; Information safety
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21771021, 21822501, 21978021, 22061130206]
- Beijing Municipal Natural Science Fundation [JQ20003]
- Newton Advanced Fellowship award [NAF\R1 \201285]
- Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation [171008]
- Beijing Nova Program [xx2018115]
- Mea-surements Fund of Beijing Normal University
- State Key Labo-ratory of Heavy Oil Processing
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This work presents a novel supramolecular adhesive with tunable ultralong room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) lifetime, achieved through the self-assembly of low-molecular-weight sodium m-carboxyphenylborate and solvent molecules. The resulting supramolecular adhesives show strong adhesion to various substrates and have potential applications in information safety and anti-counterfeiting fields.
ABSTR A C T Molecular Room-temperature phosphorescent (RTP) materials with ultralong-lived excited states have attracted extensive attention in both academia and industry. However, the soft and flexible RTP materials with facile processability are still very limited. In this work, we report the first example of supramolecular adhesives (SAs) with tunable ultralong RTP lifetime as high as 638.9 ms, based on the self-assembly of low-molecular-weight sodium m-carboxyphenylborate and solvent molecules. Interestingly, the fabricated SAs show strong adhesion performance to various substrates, especially for glass and tile. Both experimental and theoretical studies indicate that multiple intermolecular interactions (such as hydrogen-bonding, It -It interaction, and electrostatic force) efficiently promote the formation of cross-linked network structure, which helps to construct a rigid microen-vironment to boost the RTP emission. Moreover, multifunctional applications including product labeling, posi-tioning adhesion, encryption, and decoration are well-demonstrated by integrating the strong adhesion and long-afterglow properties. Therefore, this work provides an effective strategy to design and synthesize novel SAs with ultralong RTP by combining low-molecular-weight phosphors and readily available solvents, which have great practical application prospects in information safety and anti-counterfeiting fields.
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