title: Bioinspired Lotus-like Self-Illuminous Coating.
abstract: The sensitivity of long persistent phosphor materials (LPP) to moisture greatly limits their applications especially in humid environments, which cause the hydrolysis of LPP and shorten their lifetime. In this work, a facile, environmentally friendly, and low-cost method was developed to prevent the infiltration of water or moisture to the LPP by doping LPP with SiO2 nanoparticles to form a superhydrophobic coating. The superhydrophobic coating provided a stable environment to the self-illuminous system, which not only can resist the infiltration of water but also can have good self-cleaning property, similar to the lotus leaf effect. This facile method will be very beneficial for expending further application of LPP especially in high humidity.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaodi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Solid, Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Renmei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tianze
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Weiyi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.|State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xihua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697, United States.
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Solid, Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yanlin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Solid, Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
keywords: SiO2; long persistent phosphor; self-illuminous; superhydrophobic; water resistant