Cooperative supramolecular polymers with anthracene‒endoperoxide photo-switching for fluorescent anti-counterfeiting

Zhao Gao; Yifei Han; Feng Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06392-x

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Cooperative supramolecular polymers with anthracene‒endoperoxide photo-switching for fluorescent anti-counterfeiting

Zhao Gao,
Yifei Han,
Feng Wang

Affiliations

Zhao Gao: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Yifei Han: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Feng Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06392-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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There is a continual pursuit for different ways to detect counterfeiting in today’s society. Here the authors show photo-responsive supramolecular polymers can be used in fluorescent anti-counterfeit applications, by taking advantage of multicycle anthracene‒endoperoxide switching properties.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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