journal article·2025-07-16

Shear-Aligned Flexible Polarized Fluorescent Antennas for Wearable Visible Light Communications

Zongtao Li, Zeqiang Huang, Jiexin Li, Yapeng Tang, Jiasheng Li, Xinrui Ding

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 17· Issue 28
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Abstract

Wearable visible light communication systems face fundamental limitations in dense multi-input multioutput configurations due to signal crosstalk between channels. Here, we demonstrate shear-aligned flexible polarized fluorescent antennas (FPFAs) fabricated through a scalable thermally assisted brush-coating induction (BCI) process. By systematically investigating the synergistic effects of ″coffee-ring″ phenomena and shear forces on halloysite nanotube alignment, we reveal the underlying physical mechanism enabling the formation of highly ordered structures with an orientation degree of 0.89. We encapsulate these structures in a sandwich configuration that maintains polarization performance while exhibiting mechanical stability, with parallel fracture strength 4.25 times higher than conventional designs. When integrated with quantum dot fluorescent conversion layers, these FPFAs achieve a 4.95-fold improvement in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) compared to traditional receivers across wide viewing angles, even under extreme bending conditions. The resulting wearable communication system maintains 85.1% transmission accuracy at distances up to 9 m under ambient lighting, a 935% improvement over conventional approaches, with superior resilience to environmental disturbances including rain and fog. This work establishes an effective strategy for polarization multiplexing in wearable optical communications, with applications spanning healthcare monitoring, secure communications, and augmented reality interfaces in dynamic environments.
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OpenAlex topics: Optical Wireless Communication Technologies · Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

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Affiliations

National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Semiconductor Display and Optical Communication Devices

South China University of Technology

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Micro Display

Foshan Nationstar Optoelectronics Company Ltd

Funding

Special Project for Research and Development in Key areas of Guangdong Province · Science and Technology Foundation of Shenzhen City · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

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