Layered Rare‐Earth Hydroxide/Polyacrylamide Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Highly Tunable Photoluminescence |
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Authors: | Lianying Wu Guangming Chen Zhibo Li |
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Affiliation: | 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China;2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China;3. School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, P. R. China |
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Abstract: | Polymer nanocomposite (NC) hydrogels, with 3D networks composed of delaminated inorganic nanoparticles and a polymer matrix, usually display super mechanical toughness. However, the few types of inorganic materials and relatively scarce research for NC hydrogel functions seriously limit their applications. For the first time layered rare‐earth hydroxide (LRH)/polyacrylamide NC hydrogels with highly tunable photoluminescence (PL) function are reported, prepared via a convenient and green in situ polymerization process. Interestingly, the NC hydrogels reveal exciting multicolored PL phenomenon (green, yellow, orange, reddish‐orange to bluish violet), long luminescence lifetime, and relatively high quantum efficiency. Furthermore, the fascinating PL function is highly tunable by adjusting LRH constituent or its concentration, and excitation wavelength. The results highlight the fabrication and applications of functional polymer NC hydrogels with highly tunable PL function. |
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Keywords: | highly tunable layered rare‐earth hydroxide nanocomposite hydrogels photoluminescence polyacrylamide |
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