GoKawiilChemists study Stephen Sprouse's glow-in-the-dark textiles to prevent fading
Conservators at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields are researching the phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments used by late fashion designer Stephen Sprouse in his 1980s Day-Glo creations, aiming to prevent the colors from dulling with age. They presented their findings this week at an American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago, tracing the chemistry behind glow-in-the-dark materials from historical phosphor research to modern DayGlo pigments.