Abstract
Mechanochromic structural-colored materials have promising applications in various domains. In this Letter, we report three types of reversible mechanochromisms in simple material systems by harnessing mechano-responsive wrinkling dynamics including (i) brightness mechanochromism (BM), (ii) hue change mechanochromism (HCM), and (iii) viewable angle mechanochromism (VAM). Upon stretching, the BM device exhibits almost a constant hue but reduces light brightness due to the postbuckling mechanics-controlled deformation, while the HCM device can change the hue from blue to red with almost constant intensity because of the linear elastic mechanics-controlled deformation. The VAM device shows a constant hue because of the thin film interference effect. However, the viewable angles decrease with increasing applied strain owing to the light scattering of wrinkles. All of the mechanochromic behaviors exhibit good reversibility and durability. We clearly elucidated the underlying mechanisms for different mechanochromisms and demonstrated their potential applications in smart displays, stretchable strain sensors, and antipeeping/anticounterfeiting devices. © 2022 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2261-2269 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Nano Letters |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 2 Mar 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 23 Mar 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 52171124, 51790484, 51801146, 51625103, U20B2027, and 12002271), and the 111 Project of China (BP2018008). This work is also supported by the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technologies.
Keywords
- mechanochromisms
- multifunctionalities
- reversibility
- structural colors
- Wrinkling