Photon upconversion crystals doped bacterial cellulose composite films as recyclable photonic bioplastics
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2024
Biopolymers currently utilized as substitutes for synthetic polymers in photonics applications are predominantly confined to linear optical color responses. Herein we expand their applications in non-linear optics by integrating with triplet-triplet annihilation photon upconversion crystals. A photon upconverting biomaterial is prepared by cultivating Pd(II) meso-tetraphenyl tetrabenzoporphine: 9,10-diphenyl anthracene (sensitizer: annihilator) crystals on bacterial cellulose hydrogel that serves both as host and template for the crystallization of photon upconversion chromophores. Coating with gelatin improves the material’s optical transparency by adjusting the refractive indices. The prepared material shows an upconversion of 633 nm red light to 443 nm blue light, indicated by quadratic to linear dependence on excitation power density (non-linearly). Notably, components of this material are physically dis-assembled to retrieve 66 ± 1% of annihilator, at the end of life. Whereas, the residual clean biomass is subjected to biodegradation, showcasing the sustainability of the developed photonics material.
Författare
Pankaj Bharmoria
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Lukas Naimovičius
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Vilniaus universitetas
Deyaa Abol-Fotouh
Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Mila Miroshnichenko
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Justas Lekavičius
Vilniaus universitetas
Gabriele De Luca
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Umair Saeed
Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia
Karolis Kazlauskas
Vilniaus universitetas
Nicolas Candau
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Paulius Baronas
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
A. Roig
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Kasper Moth-Poulsen
Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi
Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Communications Materials
26624443 (eISSN)
Vol. 5 1 200Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)
Fysikalisk kemi
Atom- och molekylfysik och optik
DOI
10.1038/s43246-024-00638-6