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Environmentally responsive photonic polymers

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Abstract

Stimulus-responsive photonic polymer materials that change their reflection colour as function of environmental stimuli such as temperature, humidity and light, are attractive for various applications (e.g. sensors, smart windows and communication). Polymers provide low density, tunable and patternable materials. This feature article focusses on various autonomously responding photonic polymer materials such as hydrogels, block copolymers and liquid crystals and discusses their potential industrial implementation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2880-2891
Number of pages12
JournalChemical Communications, ChemComm
Volume55
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Feb 2019

Funding

The authors would like to acknowledge the inspiring discussions with and contributions of all current and former colleagues. This research was financially supported by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO). This work was further financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51561135014, U1501244, 2161101058), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in Universities (No. IRT13064) and the Guangdong Innovative Research Team Program (No. 2013C102), the Major Science and Technology Projects of Guangdong Province (No. 2015B090913004), the 111 Project, the Collaborative Innovation and Platform for the Construction of special funds of Guangdong Province (No. 2015B050501010), and the SCNU-TUE Joint Lab of Devices Integrated Responsive Materials.

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