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A microfluidics-dispensing-printing strategy for Janus photonic crystal microspheres towards smart patterned displays

Journal

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 60, Issue 11, Pages 1710-1717

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210824

Keywords

dispensing-printing; display; magnetic response; microfluidics; photonic crystal

Funding

  1. Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China

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This article presents a printable method for fabricating magnetic Janus CPCs microspheres and demonstrates their potential in flexible smart displays.
From the implementation point of view, the printable magnetic Janus colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs) microspheres are highly desirable. Herein, we developed a dispensing-printing strategy for magnetic Janus CPCs display via a microfluidics-automatic printing system. Monodisperse core/shell colloidal particles and magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles precursor serve as inks. Based on the equilibrium of three-phase interfacial tensions, Janus structure is successfully formed, followed by UV irradiation and self-assembly of colloid particle to generate magnetic Janus CPCs microspheres. Notably, this method shows distinct superiority with highly uniform Janus CPCs structure, where the TMPTA/Fe3O4 hemisphere is in the bottom side while CPCs hemisphere is in the top side. Thus, by using Janus CPCs microspheres with two different structural colors as pixel points, a pattern with red flower and green leaf is achieved. Moreover, 1D linear Janus CPCs pattern encapsulated by hydrogel is also fabricated. Both the color and the shape can be changed under the traction of magnets, showing great potentials in flexible smart displays. We believe this work not only offers a new feasible pathway to construct magnetic Janus CPCs patterns by a dispensing-printable fashion, but also provides new opportunities for flexible and smart displays.

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