A Blue Tunable Waterborne Polyurethane-Based Carbon Nitride With Wide Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent Fluorescence
Zhuqing Li
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorShicong Pei
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Software (equal), Supervision (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorKaixuan Shao
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorXiaojun She
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Investigation (equal), Methodology (lead)
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Mingdi Yang
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Correspondence:
Xianhai Hu ([email protected])
Mingdi Yang ([email protected])
Contribution: Visualization (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorKehua Zhang
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Project administration (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorHang Li
Shandong TianLuan new Material & Technology Co., Ltd, Jining, P. R. China
Contribution: Resources (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYunsheng Ding
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Resources (equal), Supervision (equal)
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Xianhai Hu
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Correspondence:
Xianhai Hu ([email protected])
Mingdi Yang ([email protected])
Contribution: Project administration (lead), Resources (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorZhuqing Li
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorShicong Pei
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Software (equal), Supervision (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorKaixuan Shao
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorXiaojun She
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Investigation (equal), Methodology (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Mingdi Yang
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Correspondence:
Xianhai Hu ([email protected])
Mingdi Yang ([email protected])
Contribution: Visualization (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorKehua Zhang
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Project administration (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorHang Li
Shandong TianLuan new Material & Technology Co., Ltd, Jining, P. R. China
Contribution: Resources (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYunsheng Ding
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P. R. China
Contribution: Resources (equal), Supervision (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Xianhai Hu
Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, P. R. China
Correspondence:
Xianhai Hu ([email protected])
Mingdi Yang ([email protected])
Contribution: Project administration (lead), Resources (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: This work was supported by Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Plan (2021e03020008, 2022a05020046, S202204s030200), Engineering Project of Major Scientific, Technological Achievements (202103c08020001).
ABSTRACT
Excitation wavelength-dependent fluorescent materials are a class of materials whose fluorescence emission spectra drift significantly with excitation wavelength. Herein, carbon nitrides (CNNPs) emitting blue fluorescence were synthesized by a one-pot method using urea as a conjugated monomer and L-phenylalanine as a co-precursor. Waterborne polyurethane-based carbon nitride (CNNPs-WPU) with excitation wavelength-dependent fluorescence properties was produced by accessing amino(-NH2)-rich CNNPs to waterborne polyurethane (WPU) using a modified acetone method. The results show that CNNPs-WPU has good storage and thermal stability. The fluorescence quantum yield (15.8%➔17.6%) and fluorescence lifetime (5.441 ns➔8.305 ns) of CNNPs-WPU were higher than those of CNNPs. It is worth mentioning that between 310 and 390 nm, with the rising excitation wavelength, the emission wavelength of CNNPs-WPU redshifts from 411 to 443 nm, CNNPs-WPU exhibits obvious excitation wavelength-dependent fluorescence characteristics, and the emission intensity increases with the increase of excitation wavelength, which makes it potentially applicable in the fields of anticounterfeiting, bioimaging, and light-emitting devices, etc. Moreover, the CNNPs-WPU uses water as the dispersed phase, which is green and environmentally friendly; it has a broad application prospect.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Data Availability Statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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