Issue 11, 2023

Graphene nanoplatelets and other 2D-materials as protective means against the fading of coloured inks, dyes and paints

Abstract

The present work demonstrates the ability of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and other two-dimensional materials (2DMs) like tungsten disulfide (WS2), molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) to act as protective barriers against the fading of architectural paints and also inks/paints used in art. The results present a new approach for improving the lightfastness of colours of artworks and painted indoor/outdoor wall surfaces taking advantage of the remarkable properties of 2DMs. As shown herein, commercial inks and architectural paints of different colours doped with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and other 2DMs, exhibit a superior resistance to fading under ultraviolet radiation or even under exposure to visible light. A spectroscopic study on these inks and dyes reveals that the peaks which are characteristic of the colour pigments are less affected from aging/fading when the GNPs and the other 2DMs are present. The protection mechanism for the GNPs and the other 2DMs differs. For GNPs, mainly their high surface area which leads to free radicals scavenging (especially hydroxyl radicals), and secondarily their UV absorption, are responsible for their protection effects, while for GO, a transition to rGO structures and consequently to ‘smart’ paints can be observed after the performed aging routes. In this way, the paint gets improved by time preventing or slowing its own fading and decolorization. For the other 2DMs, the transition-metal dichalcogenides performed better than hBN, even though they all absorb in the UV region. This can be ascribed to the facts that the formers also absorb in the visible, while hBN does not, while most importantly, they can trap reactive oxygen species (ROS) and corrosive gases in their structure as opposed to hBN. By conducting colorimetric measurements, we have discovered that the lifetime of the as-developed 2DM-doped inks and paints can be extended by up to ∼40%.

Graphical abstract: Graphene nanoplatelets and other 2D-materials as protective means against the fading of coloured inks, dyes and paints

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Oct 2022
Accepted
17 Feb 2023
First published
23 Feb 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 5414-5428

Graphene nanoplatelets and other 2D-materials as protective means against the fading of coloured inks, dyes and paints

M. Kotsidi, G. Gorgolis, M. G. Pastore Carbone, G. Paterakis, G. Anagnostopoulos, G. Trakakis, A. C. Manikas, C. Pavlou, N. Koutroumanis and C. Galiotis, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 5414 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05795F

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