Daily exposure under solar ultraviolet(UV)and infrared(IR)is prone to cause skin cancer and photoaging.Real-time monitoring of the environmental UV index and IR radiation temperature during outdoor activities can enha...Daily exposure under solar ultraviolet(UV)and infrared(IR)is prone to cause skin cancer and photoaging.Real-time monitoring of the environmental UV index and IR radiation temperature during outdoor activities can enhance awareness and strengthen personal protection.It is a challenge to design flexible,wearable devices(with measurement capabilities)that can be integrated with apparels.Here,microfluidic spinning technology(MST)was used for the continuous and large-scale fabrication of eco-friendly coresheath Janus fibers with a well-defined axially symmetric Janus core.One side of the core was sensitive to UV light and the opposite was sensitive to IR radiation.Textiles woven with Janus fibers showed excellent independent reversible color responses to dual-wavelength stimulation.Such textiles switched among four colors under UV and IR irradiation,both individually and in combination.The color gradient of the textiles changed significantly with increasing UV intensity(UV index).After 60 cycles of UV/IR stimulation and 50 washes,the change rate of the comprehensive chromatic aberration(ΔE_(ab)^(*))of the textiles under different conditions was only 0.42%-4.71%.This was attributed to the unique structure of the fibers.The three-line striped textiles demonstrated the potential of the fibers to be used as wearable energy-free realtime visual monitors of the UV index and IR radiation temperature.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2232019G-02 and2232019A3-02)Donghua University Distinguished Young Professor Program(LZB2019002)Shanghai Rising-Star Program(20QA1400300)。
文摘Daily exposure under solar ultraviolet(UV)and infrared(IR)is prone to cause skin cancer and photoaging.Real-time monitoring of the environmental UV index and IR radiation temperature during outdoor activities can enhance awareness and strengthen personal protection.It is a challenge to design flexible,wearable devices(with measurement capabilities)that can be integrated with apparels.Here,microfluidic spinning technology(MST)was used for the continuous and large-scale fabrication of eco-friendly coresheath Janus fibers with a well-defined axially symmetric Janus core.One side of the core was sensitive to UV light and the opposite was sensitive to IR radiation.Textiles woven with Janus fibers showed excellent independent reversible color responses to dual-wavelength stimulation.Such textiles switched among four colors under UV and IR irradiation,both individually and in combination.The color gradient of the textiles changed significantly with increasing UV intensity(UV index).After 60 cycles of UV/IR stimulation and 50 washes,the change rate of the comprehensive chromatic aberration(ΔE_(ab)^(*))of the textiles under different conditions was only 0.42%-4.71%.This was attributed to the unique structure of the fibers.The three-line striped textiles demonstrated the potential of the fibers to be used as wearable energy-free realtime visual monitors of the UV index and IR radiation temperature.
