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  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Information Security

Background:

  • Information security is a growing concern, driving the need for advanced encryption technologies.
  • Optical encryption using color patterns shows promise but is limited by monochromic responses to stimuli.
  • Current methods lack the complexity for sophisticated confidential encryption.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel co-assembly system for advanced optical encryption with stepwise stimuli response and multicolor changes.
  • To explore the potential of perylene bisimides (PBI) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in creating a multidimensional chromic system.
  • To demonstrate the application of this system in anticounterfeiting and versatile information encryption.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a co-assembly system using perylene bisimides (PBI) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).
  • Investigation of the system's response to stimuli such as UV light and water.
  • Analysis of the chromic response mechanisms involving PBI radical anions/dianions generation, packing rearrangement, and quenching.

Main Results:

  • The PBI/PVA co-assembly system exhibits stepwise stimuli response and multicolor changes.
  • Color transitions from red to purple under UV light and to orange upon exposure to water.
  • The multidimensional chromic response is attributed to the evolution of PBI radical anions/dianions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed PBI/PVA co-assembly system demonstrates significant photo- and hydrochromism.
  • This novel system is successfully applied for advanced anticounterfeiting and versatile information encryption.
  • The strategy offers a new pathway for developing sophisticated optical encryption solutions.