A light-fueled dissipative aggregation-induced emission system for time-dependent information encryption

Caixia Yang; Hangxiang Xiao; Zichen Luo; Li Tang; Bailin Dai; Ningbo Zhou; Enxiang Liang; Guoxiang Wang; Jianxin Tang

doi:10.1039/d3cc01092a

A light-fueled dissipative aggregation-induced emission system for time-dependent information encryption

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 May 11;59(39):5910-5913. doi: 10.1039/d3cc01092a.

Authors

Caixia Yang^{1

2

3}, Hangxiang Xiao³, Zichen Luo³, Li Tang¹, Bailin Dai¹, Ningbo Zhou^{3

4}, Enxiang Liang^{3

4}, Guoxiang Wang^{3

4}, Jianxin Tang¹

Affiliations

¹ Hunan Key Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials and Devices, College of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, 412007, P. R. China. jxtang0733@163.com.
² College of Packaging and Material Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, P. R. China.
³ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan Institute of Science and Technology Yueyang, Hunan Province 414006, P. R. China. exliang@hnist.edu.cn.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Advanced Carbon-based Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, 414006, P. R. China.

PMID: 37170996
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01092a

Abstract

A light-fueled dissipative aggregation-induced emission (LDAIE) system is successfully fabricated based on reversible electrostatic interactions between cationic AIE luminogens (AIEgens) and anionic spiropyran (ASP) transformed from sulfonato-merocyanine photoacid (SMEH) upon 420 nm light irradiation. The novel LDAIE system can exhibit reversible and spontaneous AIE fluorescence on/off, showing potential in time-dependent information encryption with self-erasing ability. This work opens new opportunities to fabricate a unique fluorescent anti-counterfeiting platform with high-level security.