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Hongbo Xia1, Zikang Wu1, Qiyue Tang1
1Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials & Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is dangerous and can cause serious skin diseases if skin is excessively exposed to it. Thus, it is highly desirable for human health to monitor the UV radiation intensity. In this report, a flexible and stretchable dual-response UV radiation detector is reported by integrating UV-responsive color-switchable WO3 quantum dots (QDs) with an electrical hydrogel. With the radiation intensity of UV increasing from 0.5 to 10 mW/cm2, the color of the hydrogel switched to dark blue gradually due to the excellent photochromic property of WO3 QDs to UV radiation. Furthermore, a linear relationship can be established between color difference and UV radiation intensity. Hence, the color difference of the hydrogel under solar UV irradiation can be used to estimate the solar UV radiation intensity in daily life. In addition, when the UV radiation intensity is greater than 10 mW/cm2, the photochromic hydrogel converts the colorimetric response into the electrical resistance change. Thus, due to its excellent photochromic and electrical resistance response properties for UV irradiation, the prepared hydrogel provides an idea for developing novel detection instruments.
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