Revealable photonic prints with oppositely responsive polymers for improved visual sensing
Lizhen Jia, Miaomiao Li, Lixin Jiang, Haoqiang Gao, Haiying Tan, Bolun Peng, Jiangping Xu, Lianbin Zhang, Jintao Zhu
Abstract
Revealable photonic prints are achieved by patterning photonic hydrogels with two oppositely pH responsive polymers. The shifting of colors in the patterned and background regions in the opposite directions improves the visibility for pH-sensing.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePhotonicsVisibilityPolymerSelf-healing hydrogelsNanotechnologyPhotonic crystalOptoelectronicsOpticsPolymer chemistryComposite materialPhysicsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhotonic and Optical DevicesNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques