Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIOMICS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 152-157Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2020.01.008
Keywords
Silver nanowires; Anti-counterfeiting; Infrared light; Excitation-free; Conformability
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51771089, U1613204]
- Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program [2016ZT06G587]
- Science Technology and Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality [JCYJ20160613160524999]
- Shenzhen Sci-Tech Fund [KYTDPT20181011104007]
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Silver nanowire (AgNW) films have been widely used as flexible transparent electrodes due to the high electrical conductance and high transmittance in the visible range. The infrared (IR) properties of AgNW films, however, are seldom discussed. Here, we show that ultrathin AgNWs present high transmittance in the visible range (similar to 95%) and high reflectance (60-70%) in the IR range of 8-14 mu m. Such a significant difference makes AgNW films invisible to naked eyes but visible under an IR camera, being an ideal selection for anti-counterfeit technologies, while no excitation is required. We have demonstrated that AgNW films can be spray-coated on either flat or microstructured surfaces with high conformability and high scratch-resistance, and thus these anti-counterfeiting materials can be applied to a variety of applications. The AgNW-based anti-counterfeiting may be helpful for combating counterfeiting crimes in the fields of medicines, artwork, banknotes, brand luxuries, industrial parts, and so on. (c) 2020 The Chinese Ceramic Society. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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