Journal
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 10, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202200769
Keywords
antideformable; displays; liquid crystals; thermochromic photonic crystals; transparent
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- NSFZJ for Distinguished Young Scholars [LR16B010002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21673160, 51920105004, 11574058]
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices [201905010002]
- General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2019A1515011563]
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A new type of liquid and transparent thermochromic photonic crystal (TPC) gel has been developed by assembling silica particles into a mixture of ethanol and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate. Unlike traditional TPC gels, these liquid TPCs can reversibly alter their reflectance and brightness based on temperature, and exhibit outstanding shapeable and antideformable properties.
The conventional thermochromic photonic crystal (TPC) gels based on thermally responsive poly(N-isopropyl acrylamides) can switch their reflection signals at different temperatures by changing their lattice distances or order degree. However, these TPC gels exhibit a poor sensing range of temperature (Delta T < 30 degrees C) and poor antideformation properties, significantly limiting their applications. Here, a new type of liquid and transparent TPC is fabricated through assembling silica particles into the mixture of ethanol and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate. Different from the conventional TPCs, these liquid TPCs can reversibly alter their reflectance and brightness by temperatures based on the variation of the refractive index contrast (Delta n). The liquid TPCs show 1) the unique off/on characteristics, 2) outstanding shapeable and antideformable properties, and 3) a large Delta T (80 degrees C), high sensitivity (reflectance: 0.46% degrees C-1), fast responsive speed (reflectance: approximate to 4.75% s(-1)), and good reversibility (>30 times). It is shown that these TPCs are ideal candidates for visual hot warning labels and temperature-based display units. This work opens a new avenue for developing advanced stimulus-responsive photonic materials and upgrades the basic understanding of the color tuning mechanisms.
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