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Photonic Spring‐Like Shell Templated from Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Prepared by Microfluidics
Solid‐state photonic shells are prepared with a reactive cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) mixture that consists of a reactive mesogen mixture and the nonreactive chiral dopant. The shells are prepared using a microfluidic glass‐capillary chip, followed by UV‐curing and extraction of the chiral dopan...
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Published in: | Advanced optical materials 2017-07, Vol.5 (13), p.n/a |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Solid‐state photonic shells are prepared with a reactive cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) mixture that consists of a reactive mesogen mixture and the nonreactive chiral dopant. The shells are prepared using a microfluidic glass‐capillary chip, followed by UV‐curing and extraction of the chiral dopant. CLC shells with relatively uniform thickness are produced by density matching and annealing. The produced solid‐state CLC (CLCsolid) shells show a good reversible swelling/shrinkage behavior that is dependent on the solvent quality and temperature. The swelling or shrinkage simultaneously induces a color change in the reflection point at the center and in the cross‐communication dots. Encapsulation and release from the CLCsolid‐shell cores are successfully tested with Rhodamine 6G by controlling the solvent quality and temperature. Nanosized Fe3O4 particles encapsulated in the core give the CLCsolid shells mobility, and are assembled at the desired location using a magnet. The color changes caused by external stimuli can be applied to new types of small hollow sensors that will respond to changes in temperature, and solvent quality. The shells can be used, for example, as a chemical container that can be triggered by temperature to release for a delayed reaction, or in a security patch controlled by tuneable multicolored patterns.
Photonic solid‐state spring‐like shells templated from cholesteric liquid crystal are prepared by microfluidics. The prepared solid‐state photonic shells show an excellent swelling/shrinkage behavior in solvent with maintaining photonic structure and an encapsulation/release property from the photonic solid‐state shell core. |
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ISSN: | 2195-1071 2195-1071 |
DOI: | 10.1002/adom.201700243 |