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Interface synergistic effects induced multi-mode luminescence

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Mechanoluminescence (ML) has become the most promising material for broad applications in display and sensing devices, in which ZnS is the most commonly studied one due to its stable and highly repetitive ML performances. In this work, we have successfully prepared the biphase ZnS on a large scale through the facile in-air molten salt protection strategy. The obtained biphase has the best ML properties, which is mainly attributed to the synergistic effects of piezo-photonic, defect, and interface dislocations. DFT calculations have confirmed that the defects activate the local S and Zn sites and reduce the energy barrier for electron transfer. The much stronger X-ray induced luminescence than the commercial scintillator is also reached. The application of ZnS particles in both papers and inks delivers superior performance. Meanwhile, ZnS particles based screen printing ink is able to directly print on paper, plastic and other carriers to form clear marks. These proposed paper and ink hold great potentials in applications of information security and anti-counterfeiting based on the multi-mode luminescence properties. This work provides a new avenue to understand and realize the high-performance multi-mode luminescence, inspiring more future works to extend on other ML materials and boosting their practical applications.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA1501101), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61875136, 21771156, and 52002246), Fundamental Research Project of Guangdong Province (No. 2020A1515011315), and the Guangdong Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No.22050000560), Shenzhen Fundamental Research Project (No. JCYJ20190808170601664), Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shenzhen Excellent Talents (No. RCBS20200714114919006), and Scientific Research Foundation as Phase II construction of high level University for the Youth Scholars of Shenzhen University 2019 (No. 000002110223), the National Natural Science Foundation of China/RGC Joint Research Scheme (N_PolyU502/21) and the funding for Projects of Strategic Importance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Project Code: 1-ZE2V).

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  1. Ronghua Ma, Chunfeng Wang, Wei Yan, and Mingzi Sun contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Ronghua Ma, Chunfeng Wang, Wei Yan, Yuantian Zheng, Xu Li, Longbiao Huang & Dengfeng Peng

  2. Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China

    Mingzi Sun & Bolong Huang

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China

    Jianxiong Zhao, Bing Chen & Feng Wang

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Ma, R., Wang, C., Yan, W. et al. Interface synergistic effects induced multi-mode luminescence. Nano Res. 15, 4457–4465 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4115-y

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