Imparting Photo-responsive Function to Thermo-responsive Iridescent Emulsions

Colloids and Interfaces

Imura, Yoshiro¹  Kondo, Ryoichi² 

[1] Author to whom correspondence should be addressed;Department of Industrial Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 162-0825, Japan

关键词: coloring temperature;    iridescent emulsions;    thermo-response;    photo-response;   

DOI  :  10.3390/colloids2040047

学科分类：物理化学和理论化学

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

In our previous paper, we reported that thermo-responsive emulsions can be prepared based on a long-chain amidoamine derivative (C18AA) and tetraoctylammonium bromide (TOAB), and that the C18AA + TOAB emulsions developed a characteristic interference color in a narrow temperature range. However, the coloration of the original C18AA + TOAB at room temperature exhibited poor brightness. In the present study, we show that the addition of NaOH is effective in both lowering the coloration temperature and improving the brightness of C18AA + TOAB emulsion considerably. Furthermore, we demonstrate that photo-response function can be imparted to C18AA + TOAB iridescent emulsions by introducing a photochromic naphthopyran derivative (Pyran) that reversibly changes from white to yellow upon UV irradiation. The C18AA + TOAB emulsions containing Pyran shows a dual stimuli-responsive iridescent property, and the emulsion color is controllable and reversible through both UV irradiation and temperature.

【 授权许可】

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