Bio-inspired vapor-responsive colloidal photonic crystal patterns by inkjet printing

L Bai, Z Xie, W Wang, C Yuan, Y Zhao, Z Mu, Q Zhong… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Facile, fast, and cost-effective technology for patterning of responsive colloidal photonic
crystals (CPCs) is of great importance for their practical applications. In this report, we …

Spherical colloidal photonic crystals with selected lattice plane exposure and enhanced color saturation for dynamic optical displays

J Zhang, Z Meng, J Liu, S Chen… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
While structural color materials have nonfading properties and contribute significantly to the
sustainable development of pigments or dyes, they are plagued by low color saturation and …

Patterned photonic crystals fabricated by inkjet printing

J Wang, L Wang, Y Song, L Jiang - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper highlights the research advances in patterned colloidal photonic crystals (PCs)
fabricated by inkjet printing. Firstly, we introduce the formation process for the inkjet droplets …

3D-printable colloidal photonic crystals

J Liao, C Ye, J Guo, CE Garciamendez-Mijares… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
The architecture of the colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs) is of paramount importance to their
functionality and applications. Nevertheless, the realization of CPCs with arbitrarily …

Patterned colloidal photonic crystals

J Hou, M Li, Y Song - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) have been well developed because they are easy to
prepare, cost‐effective, and versatile with regards to modification and functionalization …

Bioinspired colloidal photonic crystals with controllable wettability

J Wang, Y Zhang, S Wang, Y Song… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Because of the combinatorial advantage of their unique light manipulation properties and
potential applications in novel optical devices, colloidal photonic crystals (PCs), the periodic …

Carbon dots promoted photonic crystal for optical information storage and sensing

AQ Xie, J Guo, L Zhu, S Chen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Photonic crystals (PCs) with crack-free morphology, high-saturated structural color and
sensitivity to circumstances are expanding their applications in painting, sensor, optical …

Structural color patterns by electrohydrodynamic jet printed photonic crystals

H Ding, C Zhu, L Tian, C Liu, G Fu… - ACS applied materials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this work, we demonstrate the fabrication of photonic crystal patterns with controllable
morphologies and structural colors utilizing electrohydrodynamic jet (E-jet) printing with …

Responsive block copolymer photonic microspheres

Y Yang, H Kim, J Xu, MS Hwang, D Tian… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive photonic crystals (PCs) have attracted much attention due to their broad
applications in the field of chemical and physical sensing through varying optical properties …

Facile fabrication of tunable colloidal photonic crystal hydrogel supraballs toward a colorimetric humidity sensor

SN Yin, CF Wang, SS Liu, S Chen - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We report an alternative pathway for the facile fabrication of tunable colloidal photonic
crystal (TCPC) hydrogel supraballs via a simple microfluidic device for the first time. The …