Bioinspired colloidal photonic composites: fabrications and emerging applications

M Li, Q Lyu, B Peng, X Chen, L Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms in nature have evolved unique structural colors and stimuli‐responsive functions
for camouflage, warning, and communication over millions of years, which are essential to …

Complex 3D‐printed mechanochromic materials with iridescent structural colors based on core–shell particles

L Siegwardt, M Gallei - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A scalable protocol for design and subsequent 3D‐printing of polymeric core‐shell‐particles
is reported. The particle synthesis by emulsion polymerization in starved‐feed mode is used …

Thermo-responsive color-changeable photonic materials: A review

C Wei, X Lu, X Wen, Y Liu, S Yang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural colors derived from nature have attracted extensive interest due to their unique
optical performances and various applications in the field of biomimetic optics. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming thermal instability of polymeric Core-Shell-Particles: Advanced processing options for the preparation of Stimuli-Responsive structural color …

L Siegwardt, M Gallei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Core-shell particles (CSP) represent one of the most promising building blocks for the
artificial production of stimuli-responsive materials with iridescent structural colors. Despite …

Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals for Real-Time Identifiable Labels via Ultraviolet and Near-Infrared Light

J Hu, S Yang, Z Chen, Y Chen… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, we developed inverse opal photonic crystals (IOPCs) for real-time identifiable
labels by tuning the structure color and chemical color under ultraviolet (UV) light and near …

Cross-Sectional Investigations of Spherical Colloidal Clusters from Submicrometer-Sized Silica Particles toward Designing Novel Photonic Materials

R Ohnuki, Y Takeoka, S Yoshioka - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interest has been rising in investigating spherical colloidal clusters for their potential
application to optical materials, such as pigments and sensors. It is also interesting that the …

Naked-Eye Visual Thermometer Based on Glycerol─ Nonclose-Packed Photonic Crystals for Real-Time Temperature Sensing and Monitoring

W Zheng, N Zhang, G Murtaza, Z Meng… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Real-time sensing and monitoring of temperature are of great significance for assessing
human health. The sensitivity and stability are inevitable issues for thermometers. In this …

Poly (4-vinylpyridine) and Poly (methacrylic acid) Particle Architectures for pH-Responsive and Mechanochromic Opal Films

L Siegwardt, V Glößner, A Boehm… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
While stimuli-responsive structural colors are commonly found in nature, mimicking these in
artificial materials is challenging. Dynamically switchable and tunable coloration, however …

Iridescent structural colors printing on cellulose fabrics with robust structural coloration

L Wei, S Shang, Y Zheng, J Liu, P Zhu - Dyes and Pigments, 2024 - Elsevier
Structural coloration originating from colloidal particle assembly has drawn tremendous
interest because of the brilliant dye-free colors in line with green and low-carbon …

Monodisperse styrene-maleic anhydride-isoprene terpolymer microspheres with tunable crosslinking density prepared by self-stabilized precipitation polymerization

C Xu, C Chen, J Jiang, C Zhao, Y Ma… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthesis and industrial production of functional monodisperse microspheres still face
enormous challenges like precise size control and process simplification. Herein, a strategy …