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Photoluminescent Nanoinks with Multilevel Security for Quick Authentication of Encoded Optical Tags by Sunlight: Effective Physicochemical Parameters on Responsivity, Printability, and Brightness

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ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 37, 页码 44878-44892

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12404

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spiropyran; functional nanoparticles; anticounterfeiting ink; security tag; fluorescence; photochromic

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  1. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM)
  2. FUM Grant [33787]

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The study focuses on the development of amine-functionalized latex nanoparticles and their surface modification with spiropyran photoswitches to create anticounterfeiting nanoinks with multilevel security and photochromic/fluorescence properties. These nanoinks are used for printing encoded optical security tags on cellulosic papers and banknotes, allowing for easy and fast authentication through sunlight irradiation.
Investigation of developed photoactive security inks and anticounterfeiting technologies in recent years indicates significant challenges for future of this research area, such as increase of security, fast responsivity, and facile authentication. Here, amine-functionalized latex nanoparticles were synthesized by emulsion copolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA). Size of the latex nanoparticles was increased as a function of poly(dimethylaminoethyl acrylate) (PDMAEMA) contents, and also a decrease of particle size was obtained in response to an increase of temperature from 25 to 70 degrees C, above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of PDMAEMA. Surface physical modification of the functional latex nanoparticle with spiropyran photoswitches led to the development of anticounterfeiting nanoinks that have multilevel security and photochromic/fluorescence properties with a higher intensity and also brightness. The photoluminescent nanoinks were made of spiropyran latex nanoparticles and used for printing of the encoded optical security tags on cellulosic papers and banknotes. The results displayed that an increase of the particle size above 100 nm and an increase of the PDMAEMA contents led to a remarkable decrease of printability, fluorescent emission, brightness, intensity of photochromism, and also resolution of the printed security tags. As a significant advantage of the developed security inks, the printed security tags could be authenticated easily and fast upon sunlight irradiation by means of photochromism. The responsivity of encoded tags from the invisible to visible state is immediate upon sunlight irradiation for some seconds, whose intensity of coloration is appropriate and detectable clearly by naked eyes. The security anticounterfeiting inks based on spiropyran with multilevel security have been reported for the first time for applying in printing of encoded security tags on cellulosic papers, banknotes, and other documents, where the printed marks are detectable on sunlight exposure.

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