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US 12,730,075 · App. 17/987,764 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Humidity-sensing structural color emitting laminate and structural color display device self-powered by triboelectricity including the same laminate

Inventors: Cheolmin Park (Seoul, KR); Taebin Kim (Seoul, KR); Jae Won Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
G01N21/81C08F293/005C09K11/06H02N1/04H05B33/145H05B33/26C09K2211/1425C09K2211/1466
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Patent No.
US 12,730,075
App. No.
17/987,764
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a humidity-sensing structural color emitting laminate and a structural color display device self-powered by triboelectricity including the same, and more specifically to a structural color display device self-powered by triboelectricity, which can directly sense humidity among human body signals and display the same in structural color immediately without a separate power source and without data processing, and a humidity-sensing structural color emitting laminate for implementing the same.

Claims (53)

1 . A structural color display device which is self-powered by triboelectricity, comprising:

an ionic gel electrode layer; and

a humidity-sensing structural color emitting laminate formed on one surface of the electrode layer,

wherein the humidity-sensing structural color emitting laminate, comprises:

a block copolymer comprising a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment,

wherein the hydrophilic segment forms a photonic crystal to form a hydrophilic layer, and the hydrophobic segment forms a photonic crystal to form a hydrophobic layer distinct from the hydrophilic layer,

wherein the photonic crystal of the hydrophilic layer further comprises an alkali metal salt and a hydrophilic polymer, and the hydrophilic polymer forms an interpenetrate network with the hydrophilic segment, and

wherein the hydrophilic layer and the hydrophobic layer are alternately laminated to have a structure that exhibits a structural color by light interference, and when the hydrophilic layer absorbs water, the hydrophilic layer swells such that the structural color changes.

2 . The structural color display device of claim 1 , wherein the hydrophobic segment is at least one polyolefin block selected from ethylene, polypropylene, polybutene-1, polymethylpentene and polystyrene.

3 . The structural color display device of claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic segment is a monomer block formed by polymerization of at least one hydrophilic monomer selected from 2-vinylpyridine, 4-vinylpyridine and polyisoprene.

4 . The structural color display device of claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic layer and the hydrophobic layer are alternately laminated one or more times in the laminate, respectively,

wherein the thickness of each hydrophilic layer is 100 nm to 120 nm at a relative humidity of 30%, and

wherein the thickness of each hydrophobic layer is 20 nm to 40 nm, regardless of relative humidity.

5 . The structural color display device of claim 4 , wherein the thickness of each hydrophilic layer is 150 nm to 180 nm at a relative humidity of 80%.

6 . The structural color display device of claim 1 , wherein the ionic gel electrode comprises an alkali metal salt and a hydrophilic polymer.

7 . The structural color display device of claim 6 , wherein the alkali metal salt and hydrophilic polymer comprised in the hydrophilic layer are the same as those comprised in the ionic gel electrode.

8 . The structural color display device of claim 1 , wherein when incident light is white light in the structural color display device which is self-powered by triboelectricity, a reflection spectrum peak is formed at 470 nm to 500 nm at a relative humidity of 30%, and a reflection spectrum peak is formed at 580 nm to 610 nm at a relative humidity of 90%.

9 . The structural color display device of claim 1 , wherein when an open-circuit voltage (V OC (30)) and a short-circuit current (I SC (30)) at a relative humidity of 30% are compared to an open-circuit voltage (V OC (80)) and a short-circuit current (I SC (80)) at a relative humidity of 80%, the structural color display device which is self-powered by triboelectricity satisfies all of Condition Formulas 1) and 2) below:

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Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2023
From: PARK, CHEOLMIN; KIM, TAEBIN; LEE, JAE WON
To: UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0156672 · Nov 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230184687A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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