Temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing photonic polymers

Augustinus J.J. Kragt; Nadia C.M. Zuurbier; Dirk J. Broer; Albert P.H.J. Schenning

doi:10.1021/acsami.9b08827

Temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing photonic polymers

Augustinus J.J. Kragt
, Nadia C.M. Zuurbier
, Dirk J. Broer
, Albert P.H.J. Schenning (Corresponding author)

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

96 Citations (Scopus)

396 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

A new principle is developed to fabricate temperature-responsive, multicolor photonic coatings that are capable of switching color. The coating is composed of a non-cross-linked liquid crystal siloxane-based elastomer that is interpenetrated through an acrylate-based liquid crystal network. Discrete temperature changes induce phase separation and mixing between the siloxane and the acrylate polymers and change the reflective colors correspondingly. The temperature-responsive color change of the coatings can be programmed by the processing conditions and coating formulation, which allows for the fabrication of photopatterned multicolor images. The photonic ink can be coated on flexible poly(ethylene terephthalate) films using roll-to-roll flexographic printing, making these temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing polymers appealing for applications such as responsive color decors, optical sensors, and anticounterfeit labels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28172-28179
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume	11
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b08827
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2019

Funding

The manuscript was written through contributions of all authors. All authors have given approval to the final version of the manuscript. This research at the Eindhoven University of Technology was funded by the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO). This work was further financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51561135014, U1501244, and 2161101058), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in Universities (No. IRT13064), 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. The authors declare no competing financial interest.

Keywords

cholesteric liquid crystals
flexographic printing
photonic coatings
stimulus-responsive materials
structural color change

Access to Document

10.1021/acsami.9b08827

publishers versionFinal published version, 4.49 MB

Cite this

@article{80e1cd4ad8f042b584332639f1d4bc51,

title = "Temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing photonic polymers",

abstract = "A new principle is developed to fabricate temperature-responsive, multicolor photonic coatings that are capable of switching color. The coating is composed of a non-cross-linked liquid crystal siloxane-based elastomer that is interpenetrated through an acrylate-based liquid crystal network. Discrete temperature changes induce phase separation and mixing between the siloxane and the acrylate polymers and change the reflective colors correspondingly. The temperature-responsive color change of the coatings can be programmed by the processing conditions and coating formulation, which allows for the fabrication of photopatterned multicolor images. The photonic ink can be coated on flexible poly(ethylene terephthalate) films using roll-to-roll flexographic printing, making these temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing polymers appealing for applications such as responsive color decors, optical sensors, and anticounterfeit labels.",

keywords = "cholesteric liquid crystals, flexographic printing, photonic coatings, stimulus-responsive materials, structural color change",

author = "Kragt, \{Augustinus J.J.\} and Zuurbier, \{Nadia C.M.\} and Broer, \{Dirk J.\} and Schenning, \{Albert P.H.J.\}",

year = "2019",

month = aug,

day = "7",

doi = "10.1021/acsami.9b08827",

language = "English",

volume = "11",

pages = "28172--28179",

journal = "ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces",

issn = "1944-8244",

publisher = "American Chemical Society",

number = "31",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing photonic polymers

AU - Kragt, Augustinus J.J.

AU - Zuurbier, Nadia C.M.

AU - Broer, Dirk J.

AU - Schenning, Albert P.H.J.

PY - 2019/8/7

Y1 - 2019/8/7

N2 - A new principle is developed to fabricate temperature-responsive, multicolor photonic coatings that are capable of switching color. The coating is composed of a non-cross-linked liquid crystal siloxane-based elastomer that is interpenetrated through an acrylate-based liquid crystal network. Discrete temperature changes induce phase separation and mixing between the siloxane and the acrylate polymers and change the reflective colors correspondingly. The temperature-responsive color change of the coatings can be programmed by the processing conditions and coating formulation, which allows for the fabrication of photopatterned multicolor images. The photonic ink can be coated on flexible poly(ethylene terephthalate) films using roll-to-roll flexographic printing, making these temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing polymers appealing for applications such as responsive color decors, optical sensors, and anticounterfeit labels.

AB - A new principle is developed to fabricate temperature-responsive, multicolor photonic coatings that are capable of switching color. The coating is composed of a non-cross-linked liquid crystal siloxane-based elastomer that is interpenetrated through an acrylate-based liquid crystal network. Discrete temperature changes induce phase separation and mixing between the siloxane and the acrylate polymers and change the reflective colors correspondingly. The temperature-responsive color change of the coatings can be programmed by the processing conditions and coating formulation, which allows for the fabrication of photopatterned multicolor images. The photonic ink can be coated on flexible poly(ethylene terephthalate) films using roll-to-roll flexographic printing, making these temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing polymers appealing for applications such as responsive color decors, optical sensors, and anticounterfeit labels.

KW - cholesteric liquid crystals

KW - flexographic printing

KW - photonic coatings

KW - stimulus-responsive materials

KW - structural color change

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85070962972

U2 - 10.1021/acsami.9b08827

DO - 10.1021/acsami.9b08827

M3 - Article

C2 - 31290319

AN - SCOPUS:85070962972

SN - 1944-8244

VL - 11

SP - 28172

EP - 28179

JO - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

JF - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

IS - 31

ER -

Temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing photonic polymers

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this