Electroactive Inverse Opal: A Single Material for All Colors

I see the light: When an electroactive inverse polymer‐gel opal is electrochemically oxidized and reduced, the lattice swells and shrinks, respectively. Concomitantly the wavelength of brightly diffracted light can be altered all the way from the ultraviolet through the visible to the near infrared...

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Published in:Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) 2009-01, Vol.48 (5), p.943-947
Main Authors: Puzzo, Daniel P, Arsenault, Andre C, Manners, Ian, Ozin, Geoffrey A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
conducting materials
inverse opals
liquid crystals
photonic crystals
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Summary:I see the light: When an electroactive inverse polymer‐gel opal is electrochemically oxidized and reduced, the lattice swells and shrinks, respectively. Concomitantly the wavelength of brightly diffracted light can be altered all the way from the ultraviolet through the visible to the near infrared (see picture).
ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.200804391