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Biomimetic photonic materials with tunable structural colors

Journal

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 406, Issue -, Pages 1-17

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.05.028

Keywords

Nano-structure; Structural color; Fabrication; Application

Funding

  1. National Nature Science Foundation of China [50902047, 31070155, 11172301]
  2. Western Light Talent Culture Project
  3. Top Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Nature is a huge gallery of art involving nearly perfect structures and forms over the millions of years developing. Inspiration from natural structures exhibiting structural colors is first discussed. We give some examples of natural one-, two-, and three-dimensional photonic structures. This review article presents a brief summary of recent progress on bio-inspired photonic materials with variable structural colors, including the different facile and efficient routes to construct the nano-architectures, and the development of the artificial variable structural color photonic materials. Besides the superior optical properties, the excellent functions such as robust mechanical strength, good wettability are also mentioned, as well as the technical importance in various applications. This review will provide significant insight into the fabrication, design and application of the structural color materials. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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