TY - JOUR
T1 - Fully Reversible and Super-Fast Photo-Induced Morphological Transformation of Nanofilms for High-Performance UV Detection and Light-Driven Actuators
AU - Liu, Xiangquan
AU - Hu, Jiahui
AU - Yang, Jinglun
AU - Peng, Lingya
AU - Tang, Jiaqi
AU - Wang, Xiaohui
AU - Huang, Rongrong
AU - Liu, Jianfei
AU - Liu, Kaiqiang
AU - Wang, Tingyi
AU - Liu, Xiaoyan
AU - Ding, Liping
AU - Fang, Yu
PY - 2024/3/27
Y1 - 2024/3/27
N2 - Flexible and highly ultraviolet (UV) sensitive materials garner considerable attention in wearable devices, adaptive sensors, and light-driven actuators. Herein, a type of nanofilms with unprecedented fully reversible UV responsiveness are successfully constructed. Building upon this discovery, a new system for ultra-fast, sensitive, and reliable UV detection is developed. The system operates by monitoring the displacement of photoinduced macroscopic motions of the nanofilms based composite membranes. The system exhibits exceptional responsiveness to UV light at 375 nm, achieving remarkable response and recovery times of < 0.3 s. Furthermore, it boasts a wide detection range from 2.85 µW cm−2 to 8.30 mW cm−2, along with robust durability. Qualitative UV sensing is accomplished by observing the shape changes of the composite membranes. Moreover, the composite membrane can serve as sunlight-responsive actuators for artificial flowers and smart switches in practical scenarios. The photo-induced motion is ascribed to the cis–trans isomerization of the acylhydrazone bonds, and the rapid and fully reversible shape transformation is supposed to be a synergistic result of the instability of the cis-isomers acylhydrazone bonds and the rebounding property of the networked nanofilms. These findings present a novel strategy for both quantitative and qualitative UV detection. © 2024 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
AB - Flexible and highly ultraviolet (UV) sensitive materials garner considerable attention in wearable devices, adaptive sensors, and light-driven actuators. Herein, a type of nanofilms with unprecedented fully reversible UV responsiveness are successfully constructed. Building upon this discovery, a new system for ultra-fast, sensitive, and reliable UV detection is developed. The system operates by monitoring the displacement of photoinduced macroscopic motions of the nanofilms based composite membranes. The system exhibits exceptional responsiveness to UV light at 375 nm, achieving remarkable response and recovery times of < 0.3 s. Furthermore, it boasts a wide detection range from 2.85 µW cm−2 to 8.30 mW cm−2, along with robust durability. Qualitative UV sensing is accomplished by observing the shape changes of the composite membranes. Moreover, the composite membrane can serve as sunlight-responsive actuators for artificial flowers and smart switches in practical scenarios. The photo-induced motion is ascribed to the cis–trans isomerization of the acylhydrazone bonds, and the rapid and fully reversible shape transformation is supposed to be a synergistic result of the instability of the cis-isomers acylhydrazone bonds and the rebounding property of the networked nanofilms. These findings present a novel strategy for both quantitative and qualitative UV detection. © 2024 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
KW - cis–trans isomerization
KW - dynamic condensation
KW - nanofilms
KW - photo-induced motion
KW - UV detection
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U2 - 10.1002/advs.202307165
DO - 10.1002/advs.202307165
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 38225747
SN - 2198-3844
VL - 11
JO - Advanced Science
JF - Advanced Science
IS - 12
M1 - 2307165
ER -