journal article·2023-12Open access

Double‐State Anticounterfeiting Labels Based on Light‐Emitting Polymer‐Stabilized Blue Phase

Ran Duan, Ruiqi Tang, Yingping Tong, Dongyu Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 33· Issue 50

Abstract

Abstract Anticounterfeit labels with multiple information‐carrying functions serve a critical role in boosting security and minimizing counterfeit‐related losses, whose development remains challenging. Here, a security label with the ability to encode information in reflective and fluorescent sates is fabricated from light‐emitting polymer‐stabilized blue phase (LE‐PSBP) liquid crystals (LCs). The LE‐PSBP with temperature‐dependent reflective color can be encoded with information by UV irradiation through photomasks. On the other hand, introduction of a fluorescent molecule, which can be easily photocyclized upon UV irradiation, enables the convenient encoding of fluorescent information without impacting the reflective information. As an illustration, a security label with distinct information in reflective and fluorescent states is demonstrated. Such innovative security labels have tremendous potential to provide a platform for multi‐information encoding to enhance the protection level in anticounterfeiting technology.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry · Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

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Affiliations

School of Chemistry Beihang University No. 9 South 3rd Street, Shahe Higher Education Park, Changping Beijing 100190 China

School of Science and Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 2001 Longxiang Boulevard, Longgang Shenzhen Guangdong 518172 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Basic Research Program of China · Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality

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