Lu, Q. C.; Cai, W.; Shuai, F. P.; Ren, B. W.; Luo, Z. Y.; Luo, Y. L. Construction and anti-counterfeiting application of high-strength and tough supramolecular polyurethane materials with fluorescent response property. Polym. Bull. (in Chinese), 2026, 39(2), 250–262.
Lu, Q. C.; Cai, W.; Shuai, F. P.; Ren, B. W.; Luo, Z. Y.; Luo, Y. L. Construction and anti-counterfeiting application of high-strength and tough supramolecular polyurethane materials with fluorescent response property. Polym. Bull. (in Chinese), 2026, 39(2), 250–262. DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2025.25.234.
Construction and Anti-counterfeiting Application of High-strength and Tough Supramolecular Polyurethane Materials with Fluorescent Response Property
This study innovatively introduces the multifunctional group tetrakis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethylene (TPE-TOH) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties into the polyurethane network structure. TPE-TOH acts as a supramolecular crosslinking point
significantly enhancing the hydrogen bonding forces between polyurethane segments
thereby improving the integrity of the network structure while conferring excellent optical properties to the material. Experimental results show that the resulting polyurethane material HTPU-3 exhibits outstanding comprehensive mechanical properties
including a tensile strength of up to (54.2±7.6) MPa
toughness of (311.4±17.6) MJ·m
−3
and an elongation at break of (1264.3±25.2)%; additionally
the material possesses high transparency (light transmittance of 85%) and tunable fluorescent emission behavior. Based on this
a simple and effective binary pattern anti-counterfeiting system was developed to achieve information encryption and identification. This work provides new insights into the design and application of high-performance multifunctional polyurethane materials.
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Institute of Agro-Products Processing, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Natural Rubber Processing
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University
College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
College of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology