Enhanced linear thermosensitivity of gel-immobilized colloidal photonic crystal film bound on glass substrate
Toshimitsu Kanai, Naoto Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Tajima
Abstract
The linear thermosensitivity of colloidal crystals immobilized in a copolymer hydrogel film composed of PNIPAM and PNMAM could be enhanced by chemically binding them on a glass substrate using a silane coupling agent.
Topics & Concepts
Substrate (aquarium)Materials scienceColloidCopolymerChemical engineeringPhotonic crystalColloidal crystalSilanePolymer chemistryPolymerComposite materialOptoelectronicsOceanographyEngineeringGeologyPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsNonlinear Optical Materials StudiesBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology