1. One-Pot Preparation of Physical Hydrogel-Based Photonic Crystal
- Author
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Zhanhong Li, Guang Cai Mei, Zhi Gang Zhu, Zhi Qiang Dong, and Cheng Chen
- Subjects
Materials science ,Mechanical Engineering ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Mechanics of Materials ,Drug release ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Photonic crystal - Abstract
We developed a one-pot method for the fabrication of hydrogel-based photonic crystal (PC) materials. An array of monodisperse colloids was self-assembled within a polymer solution, which generates a visible light diffractable photonic mixture. This mixture was molded and gelated into a hydrogel PC material by freeze-thaw treatment. Drug release as well as the structure colour changing properties of the PC hydrogels were discussed, and the experiment results revealed that our one-pot design and the associated modification approach has potential in efficient fabrication of PC materials.
- Published
- 2018