Visible Light-Activated Ultralong-Lived Triplet Excitons of Carbon Dots for White-Light Manipulated Anti-Counterfeiting

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Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) has emerged as an interesting but rare phenomenon with multiple potential applications in anti-counterfeiting, optoelectronic devices, and biosensing. Nevertheless, the pursuit of ultralong lifetimes of RTP under visible light excitation presents a significant challenge. Here, new phosphorescent materials that can be excited by visible light with record-long lifetimes are demonstrated, realized through embedding nitrogen doped carbon dots (N-CDs) into a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) film. The RTP lifetime of the N-CDsPVA film is remarkably extended to 2.1 s excited by 420 nm, representing the highest recorded value for visible light-excited phosphorescent materials. Theoretical and experimental studies reveal that the robust hydrogen bonding interactions can effectively reduce the non-radiative decay rate and radiative transition rate of triplet excitons, thus dramatically prolong the phosphorescence lifetime. Notably, the RTP emission of N-CDs@PVA film can also be activated by easily accessible low-power white-light-emitting diode. More significantly, the practical applications of the N-CDs@PVA film in state-of-the-art anti-counterfeiting security and optical information storage domains are further demonstrated. This research offers exciting opportunities for utilizing visible light-activated ultralong-lived RTP systems in a wide range of promising applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 20(2024), 1 vom: 30. Jan., Seite e2304958

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Yuehan [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Huiying [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chenhao [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Xiaoqi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Heng [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Xiangeng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Zhenhua [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zifei [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Fanglong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-counterfeiting
Carbon dots
Hydrogen bonding
Journal Article
Phosphorescence
Ultralong-lived

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Date Revised 04.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smll.202304958

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361470231