Smart Building Material with NIR‐Triggered Reversible Color Switching

Smart materials and devices play an increasingly important role in improving modern life due to their richer functions, enhanced controllability, and improved biocompatibility. Here, calcium silicate hydration (C‐S‐H) was integrated with layered [Co(NCS)2(pyrazine)2]n metal‐organic frameworks (Co‐MOF) and polymeric skeleton to fabricate the smart building material (M‐C‐S‐H). C‐S‐H was anchored on the polymeric skeleton to reinforce the network structure for enhanced mechanical strength and toughness. Simultaneously, the highly porous skeleton structure enabled the uniform distribution of layered Co‐MOF, which could maintain its molecular form to endow the M‐C‐S‐H with the photoresponsive color‐switching performance. The M‐C‐S‐H as a smart building material exhibited the color change between light blue and black blue upon NIR illumination on/off within a wide temperature range to achieve personalized wall and building decoration. Taking advantage of the low cost, rapid response, outstanding reversibility, and good color stability, M‐C‐S‐H could provide lively, dynamic, changeable decorating effects for walls and buildings.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.