Patterned Full-Color Reflective Coatings Based on Photonic Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Particles

被引:57
作者
Belmonte, Alberto [1 ,3 ]
Bus, Tom [1 ,3 ]
Broer, Dirk J. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Schenning, Albert P. H. J. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Chem Engn, Stimuli Respons Funct Mat & Devices, POB 513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
[2] South China Normal Univ, Guangzhou Higher Educ Mega Ctr, SCNU TUE Joint Lab Device Integrated Respons Mat, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[3] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Inst Complex Mol Syst, Dolech 2, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
关键词
cholesteric liquid crystal; photonic particles; suspension polymerization; reflective coatings; structural color; photonic cross-communication;
D O I
10.1021/acsami.9b02680
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
An easy approach to pattern angular-independent, multicolor reflective coatings based on cholesteric liquid-crystalline (CLC) particles is presented. CLC particles are fabricated by emulsification, which is a scalable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly synthesis process. The photonic particles can be easily dispersed in a binder to produce reflective coatings. Furthermore, a simple strategy to remove the photonic cross-communication between the particles has been developed. By incorporating a reactive blue/green absorbing dye into the network structure of the CLC particles the cross-communication is absorbed by the dye, leading to well-defined structural colors. Moreover, we demonstrate the possibility of producing patterned multicolor images by controlled swelling of the particles by the binder.
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页码:14376 / 14382
页数:7
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