Periodic wrinkling across different scales has received considerable attention because it not only represents structure failure but also finds wide applications. How to prevent wrinkling or create desired wrinkling patterns is non-trivial because the dynamic evolution of wrinkles is a highly nonlinear problem. Herein, we report a simple yet powerful method to dynamically tune and/or erase wrinkling patterns with visible light. The light-induced photoisomerization of azobenzene units in azopolymer films leads to stress release and consequently to the erasure of the wrinkles. The wrinkles in unexposed regions are also affected and oriented perpendicular to the exposed boundary during the stress reorganization. Theoretical models were developed to understand the dynamics of the reversible photoisomerization-induced wrinkle evolution. This method can be applied for designing functional materials/devices, for example, for the reversible optical writing/erasure of information as demonstrated here.

The cation substitution-dependent phase transition was used as a strategy to discover new solid solution phosphors and to efficiently tune the luminescence property of divalent europium (Eu2+) in the M3(PO4)2:Eu2+ (M = Ca/Sr/Ba) quasi-binary sets. Several new phosphors including the greenish-white SrCa2(PO4)2:Eu2+, the yellow Sr2Ca(PO4)2:Eu2+, and the cyan Ba2Ca(PO4)2:Eu2+ were reported, and the drastic red shift of the emission toward the phase transition point was discussed. Different behavior of luminescence evolution in response to structural variation was verified among the three M3(PO4)2:Eu2+ joins. Sr3(PO4)2 and Ba3(PO4)2 form a continuous isostructural solid solution set in which Eu2+ exhibits a similar symmetric narrow-band blue emission centered at 416 nm, whereas Sr2+ substituting Ca2+ in Ca3(PO4)2 induces a composition-dependent phase transition and the peaking emission gets red shifted to 527 nm approaching the phase transition point. In the Ca3–x Ba x (PO4)2:Eu2+ set, the validity of crystallochemical design of phosphor between the phase transition boundary was further verified. This cation substitution strategy may assist in developing new phosphors with controllably tuned optical properties based on the phase transition.

New compound discovery is of interest in the field of inorganic solid-state chemistry. In this work, a whitlockite-type structure Sr1.75Ca1.25(PO4)2 newly found by composition design in the Sr3(PO4)2-Ca3(PO4)2 join was reported. Crystal structure and luminescence properties of Sr1.75Ca1.25(PO4)2:Eu(2+) were investigated, and the yellow-emitting phosphor was further employed in fabricating near-ultraviolet-pumped white light-emitting diodes (w-LEDs). The structure and crystallographic site occupancy of Eu(2+) in the host were identified via X-ray powder diffraction refinement using Rietveld method. The Sr1.75Ca1.25(PO4)2:Eu(2+) phosphors absorb in the UV-vis spectral region of 250-430 nm and exhibit an intense asymmetric broadband emission peaking at 518 nm under λex = 365 nm which is ascribed to the 5d-4f allowed transition of Eu(2+). The luminescence properties and mechanism are also investigated as a function of Eu(2+) concentration. A white LED device which is obtained by combining a 370 nm UV chip with commercial blue phosphor and the present yellow phosphor has been fabricated and exhibit good application properties.

This paper reports the development of new phosphors using the chemical unit cosubstituting solid solution design strategy. Starting from Lu3Al5O12, the Al 3+ -Al 3+ couple in respective octahedral and tetrahedral coordination were simultaneously substituted by a Mg 2+ -Si 4+ pair forming the Lu3(Al2-xMgx)(Al3-xSix)O12:Ce 3+ (x=0.5-2.0) series; as a result, the CeO8 polyhedrons were compressed and the emission got red-shifted from green to yellow together with the boradening. The evolution of the unit cell, the local structural geometry as well as the optical property of Ce 3+ in these garnet creations, in response to the gradual Mg-Si substitution for Al-Al, were studied by combined techiniques of structural refinement and luminescencent measurements. The new composition Lu2.97Ce0.03Mg0.5Al4Si0.5O12 was comprehensively evaluated ragarding its potential application in blue LED-driven solid state white lighting: the maximum emission is at 550 nm under λex=450 nm; the internal and external quantum efficiency can reach 85 % and 49 %, respectively; one-phosphor-converted wLED lamp fabriacted using the as-prepared phosphor exhibits the luminous efficacy of 105 lm/W, correlated color temperature of 6164 K and color rendering index (Ra) of 75.6. The as-developed composition series is open for further optimization to enhance the competeness for commercial consideration.