LUMINESCENT SILICONE COATINGS

1 . A coating composition comprising a luminophoric material.

2 . The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the luminophoric material is a pyridine-containing ligand.

3 . The coating composition of claim 2 , wherein the pyridine-containing ligand is chosen from a substituted or unsubstituted bidentate pyridine compound, a substituted or unsubstituted tridentate pyridine compound, or a combination of two or more thereof.

4 . The coating composition of claim 2 , wherein the pyridine-containing ligand is a terpyridine compound of the formula:

where R 1 -R 11 are independently chosen from an alkyl, a substituted alkyl, an aryl, a substituted aryl, an inert functional group, an alkoxysilyl functional group, and an alcohol functional group, optionally any two of R 1 -R 11 vicinal to one another, R 1 /R 11 and/or R 3 /R 4 taken together may form a ring being a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, or unsaturated cyclic structure, with the proviso that the compound comprises an alkoxysilyl functional group, an alcohol functional group, or a combination of two or more thereof.

5 . The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein the terpyridine is derived from a compound of the formula:

6 . The coating composition of claim 2 , wherein the terpyridine is complexed with a metal or metal salt.

7 . The coating composition of claim 6 , wherein the metal or metal salt comprises a metal chosen from europium, erbium, cerium, neodymium, samarium, terbium, dysprosium, gadolinium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, or a combination of two or more thereof.

8 . The coating composition of claim 7 , wherein the metal salt comprises europium nitrate.

9 . The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the luminophoric material is a fluorescent dye selected from: coumarin 460 (blue), coumarin 6 (green), benzocoumarin, nile red or the like; hydrocarbon and substituted hydrocarbon dyes; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dyes; scintillation dyes such as oxazole or oxadiazole dyes; aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted poly (C2-8) olefin dyes; carbocyanine dyes; indanthrone dyes; phthalocyanine dyes; oxazine dyes; carbostyryl dyes; napthalenetetracarboxylic acid dyes; porphyrin dyes; bis(styryl)biphenyl dyes; acridine dyes; anthraquinone dyes; cyanine dyes; methine dyes; arylmethane dyes; azo dyes; indigoid dyes, thioindigoid dyes, diazonium dyes; nitro dyes; quinone imine dyes; aminoketone dyes; tetrazolium dyes; thiazole dyes; perylene dyes, perinone dyes; bis-benzoxazolylthiophene (BBOT); triarylmethane dyes; xanthene dyes; thioxanthene dyes; benzoxanthene dyes; naphthalimide dyes; lactone dyes; fluorophores such as anti-stokes shift dyes; luminescent dyes such as 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin; 3-(2′-benzothiazolyl)-7-diethylaminocoumarin; 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-t-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole; 2,5-bis-(4-biphenylyl)-oxazole; 2,2′-dimethyl-p-quaterphenyl; 2,2-dimethyl-p-29-terphenyl; 3,5,3″″,5″″-tetra-t-butyl-p-quinquephenyl; 2,5-diphenylfuran; 2,5-diphenyloxazole; 4,4′-diphenylstilbene; 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran; 1,1′-diethyl-2,2′-carbocyanine iodide; 3,3′-diethyl-4,4′,5,5′-dibenzothiatricarbocyanine iodide; 7-dimethylamino-1-methyl-4-methoxy-8-azaquinolone-2; 7-dimethylamino-4-methylquinolone-2; 2-(4-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,3-butadienyl)-3-ethylbenzothiazolium perchlorate; 3-diethylamino-7-diethyliminophenoxazonium perchlorate; 2-(1-naphthyl)-5-phenyloxazole; 2,2′-p-phenylen-bis(5-phenyloxazole); rhodamine 700; rhodamine 800; pyrene, chrysene, rubrene, coronene, or the like; fluorescein and its derivatives; phenoxazines, benzophenoxazines, napthalimides; or a combination of two or more thereof.

10 . The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the luminophoric material is present in an amount of from about 0.05 wt. % to about 5 wt. % based on the dry weight of a film after curing the composition.

11 . A coating system comprising a topcoat material and a primer material, wherein at least one of the topcoat material or primer material comprises the composition of claim 1 .

12 . The coating system of claim 11 , wherein the topcoat material comprises the luminophoric material.

13 . The coating system of claim 11 , wherein the primer material comprises the luminophoric material.

14 . The coating system of claim 11 , wherein both the topcoat material and the primer material comprise the luminophoric material.

15 . An article comprising a coating disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the article, the coating comprising a luminophoric material.

16 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the luminophoric material is a pyridine-containing ligand.

17 . The article of claim 16 , wherein the pyridine-containing ligand is chosen from a substituted or unsubstituted bidentate pyridine compound, a substituted or unsubstituted tridentate pyridine compound, or a combination of two or more thereof.

18 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the pyridine-containing ligand is a terpyridine compound of the formula:

where R 1 -R 11 are independently chosen from an alkyl, a substituted alkyl, an aryl, a substituted aryl, an inert functional group, an alkoxysilyl functional group, and an alcohol functional group, optionally any two of R 1 -R 11 vicinal to one another, R 1 /R 11 and/or R 3 /R 4 taken together may form a ring being a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, or unsaturated cyclic structure, with the proviso that the compound comprises an alkoxysilyl functional group, an alcohol functional group, or a combination of two or more thereof.

19 . The article of claim 18 , wherein the terpyridine is chosen from a compound of the formula:

20 . The article of claim 16 , wherein the terpyridine is complexed with a metal or metal salt.

21 . The article of claim 20 , wherein the metal or metal salt comprises a metal chosen from europium, erbium, cerium, neodymium, samarium, terbium, dysprosium, gadolinium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, or a combination of two or more thereof.

22 . The article of claim 21 , wherein the metal salt comprises europium nitrate.

23 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the luminophoric material is a fluorescent dye selected from: coumarin 460 (blue), coumarin 6 (green), benzocoumarin, nile red or the like; hydrocarbon and substituted hydrocarbon dyes; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dyes; scintillation dyes such as oxazole or oxadiazole dyes; aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted poly (C2-8) olefin dyes; carbocyanine dyes; indanthrone dyes; phthalocyanine dyes; oxazine dyes; carbostyryl dyes; napthalenetetracarboxylic acid dyes; porphyrin dyes; bis(styryl)biphenyl dyes; acridine dyes; anthraquinone dyes; cyanine dyes; methine dyes; arylmethane dyes; azo dyes; indigoid dyes, thioindigoid dyes, diazonium dyes; nitro dyes; quinone imine dyes; aminoketone dyes; tetrazolium dyes; thiazole dyes; perylene dyes, perinone dyes; bis-benzoxazolylthiophene (BBOT); triarylmethane dyes; xanthene dyes; thioxanthene dyes; benzoxanthene dyes; naphthalimide dyes; lactone dyes; fluorophores such as anti-stokes shift dyes; luminescent dyes such as 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin; 3-(2′-benzothiazolyl)-7-diethylaminocoumarin; 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-t-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole; 2,5-bis-(4-biphenylyl)-oxazole; 2,2′-dimethyl-p-quaterphenyl; 2,2-dimethyl-p-29-terphenyl; 3,5,3″″,5″″-tetra-t-butyl-p-quinquephenyl; 2,5-diphenylfuran; 2,5-diphenyloxazole; 4,4′-diphenylstilbene; 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran; 1,1′-diethyl-2,2′-carbocyanine iodide; 3,3′-diethyl-4,4′,5,5′-dibenzothiatricarbocyanine iodide; 7-dimethylamino-1-methyl-4-methoxy-8-azaquinolone-2; 7-dimethylamino-4-methylquinolone-2; 2-(4-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,3-butadienyl)-3-ethylbenzothiazolium perchlorate; 3-diethylamino-7-diethyliminophenoxazonium perchlorate; 2-(1-naphthyl)-5-phenyloxazole; 2,2′-p-phenylen-bis(5-phenyloxazole); rhodamine 700; rhodamine 800; pyrene, chrysene, rubrene, coronene, or the like; fluorescein and its derivatives; phenoxazines, benzophenoxazines, napthalimides; or a combination of two or more thereof.

24 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the coating system comprises a topcoat, a primer, or a combination thereof.

25 . The article of claim 24 , wherein the topcoat material comprises the luminophoric material.

26 . The article of claim 24 , wherein the primer material comprises the luminophoric material.

27 . The article of claim 24 , wherein both the topcoat material and the primer material comprise the luminophoric material.

28 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the coating system is coated on at least a portion of a surface of the article.

29 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the luminophoric material is present in an amount of from about 0.05 wt. % to about 5 wt. % based on the dry weight of a film after curing the composition.

30 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the article comprises a substrate material chosen from chosen from an acrylic polymer, a polyamide, a polyimide, an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer, a polyvinyl chloride, a polycarbonate, a copolycarbonate, or a combination of two or more thereof.

31 . A method of making a coating composition comprising adding a metal complex to a topcoat composition, a primer material, or both, wherein the metal complex is a terpyridine compound of the formula:

where R 1 -R 11 are independently chosen from an alkyl, a substituted alkyl, an aryl, a substituted aryl, an inert functional group, an alkoxysilyl functional group, and an alcohol functional group, optionally any two of R 1 -R 11 vicinal to one another, R 1 /R 11 and/or R 3 /R 4 taken together may form a ring being a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, or unsaturated cyclic structure, with the proviso that the compound comprises an alkoxysilyl functional group, an alcohol functional group, or a combination of two or more thereof.

32 . The method of claim 31 , wherein the terpyridine is chosen from a compound of the formula:

33 . The method of claim 31 , wherein the terpyridine is complexed with a metal or metal salt.

34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the metal or metal salt comprises a metal chosen from europium, erbium, cerium, neodymium, samarium, terbium, dysprosium, gadolinium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, or a combination of two or more thereof.