Template Synthesis and Optical Properties of Chameleonic Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) Gels Using Closest‐Packed Self‐Assembled Colloidal Silica Crystals
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Smart macroporous hydrogels with a range of optical behavior have been prepared using colloidal crystals as templates. The structural color imprinted in the gel (see Figure and cover) varies with a change in the volume of the gel. It is now possible to build a soft material that displays the various structural colors available to living things.
Source: Advanced Materials
Authors: Y. Takeoka, M. Watanabe
Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2086061248