A flexible topo-optical sensing technology with ultra-high contrast

Cong Wang; Ding Wang; Valery Kozhevnikov; Xingyi Dai; Graeme Turnbull; Xue Chen; Jie Kong; Ben Zhong Tang; Yifan Li; Ben Bin Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15288-8

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

A flexible topo-optical sensing technology with ultra-high contrast

Cong Wang,
Ding Wang,
Valery Kozhevnikov,
Xingyi Dai,
Graeme Turnbull,
Xue Chen,
Jie Kong,
Ben Zhong Tang,
Yifan Li,
Ben Bin Xu

Affiliations

Cong Wang: Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
Ding Wang: Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
Valery Kozhevnikov: Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Science, Northumbria University
Xingyi Dai: MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Graeme Turnbull: Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Science, Northumbria University
Xue Chen: Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
Jie Kong: MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Ben Zhong Tang: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Yifan Li: Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
Ben Bin Xu: Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15288-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Flexible materials with mechano-responsive luminescence has gained interest for their potential in sensing devices. Here, the authors demonstrate targeted folding under high compressive strains, which, together with the oxygen quenching of fluorophores, forms the basis for topo-optical sensing.

Published in Nature Communications

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