Multistimuli-Responsive Display Materials to Encrypt Differentiated Information in Bright and Dark Fields

Visually readable codes play a crucial role in anticounterfeiting measures. However, current coding approaches do not enable time-dependent codes to be visually read, adjusted, and differentiated in bright and dark fields. Here, using a combined strategy of piezoelectric lattice selection, oxygen vacancy engineering, and activator doping, a lanthanide ion-doped titanate is developed that integrates mechano-, thermo-, and photo-responsive color change (>18 h for bright field), persistent luminescence (>6 h for dark field), and stimulus-triggered multimodal luminescence. The feasibility of optical encoding, visual displaying, and stimulus-responsive encrypting of time-dependent, dual-field information by using the developed material is demonstrated. In particular, the differentiated display of dual-field modes is achieved by combining mechanostimulated abolition of only the persistent luminescence and thermo- and photostimulated reversal of both the color change and persistent luminescence. The results provide new insights for designing advanced materials and encryption technologies for photonic displays, information security, and intelligent anticounterfeiting.