論文

査読有り
2017年

Thermo-, photo-, and mechano-responsive liquid crystal networks enable tunable photonic crystals

Soft Matter
  • N. Akamatsu
  • ,
  • K. Hisano
  • ,
  • R. Tatsumi
  • ,
  • M. Aizawa
  • ,
  • C. J. Barrett
  • ,
  • A. Shishido

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開始ページ
7486
終了ページ
7491
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1039/c7sm01287j
出版者・発行元
Royal Society of Chemistry

Tunable photonic crystals exhibiting optical properties that respond reversibly to external stimuli have been developed using liquid crystal networks (LCNs) and liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs). These tunable photonic crystals possess an inverse opal structure and are photo-responsive, but circumvent the usual requirement to contain dye molecules in the structure that often limit their applicability and cause optical degradation. Herein, we report tunable photonic crystal films that reversibly tune the reflection peak wavelength under thermo-, photo- and mechano-stimuli, through bilayering a stimuli-responsive LCN including azobenzene units with a colourless inverse opal film composed of non-responsive, flexible durable polymers. By mechanically deforming the azobenzene containing LCN via various stimuli, the reflection peak wavelength from the bilayered film assembly could be shifted on demand. We confirm that the reflection peak shift occurs due to the deformation of the stimuli-responsive layer propagating towards and into the inverse opal layer to change its shape in response, and this shift behaviour is repeatable without optical degradation.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sm01287j
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000413794700003&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1039/c7sm01287j
  • ISSN : 1744-6848
  • ISSN : 1744-683X
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 46986587
  • SCOPUS ID : 85032451782
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000413794700003

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