Uv-protection of photosensitive pigments via incorporation into metal organic frameworks (mofs)

Abstract

A method of preventing photodegradation of dyes and pigments used in textiles and paints by surrounding photosensitive molecules with metal clusters that can absorb the damaging ultraviolet photons before they reach and damage the photosensitive molecules. A photosensitive dye or pigment is incorporated into a metal organic framework, which provides a scaffold to offer protection from ultraviolet degradation either by preferentially absorbing the ultraviolet light or by reflecting it before it reaches the dye. Isolating the dyes inside of the metal organic framework also sharpens the spectral features of the dye molecules.

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