Structural Colored Liquid Membrane without Angle Dependence
- 4 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 1 (5), 982-986
- https://doi.org/10.1021/am900074v
Abstract
We have demonstrated for the first time that condensed gel particle suspensions in amorphous-like states display structural color with low angle dependence. This finding is in contrast to the common understanding that a periodic dielectric structure is fundamental to photonic band gap (PBG) production, and it validates the theory that a “tight bonding model” that is applicable to semiconductor systems can also be applied to photonic systems. More practically, this structural colored suspension represents a promising new material for the manufacture of reflective full-color displays with a wide viewing angle and nonfading color materials. This liquid system shows promise as a display material because electronic equipment used for display systems can easily be filled with the liquid in the same way that liquid crystals are currently used.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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