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Indexed by:Journal Papers

Date of Publication:2015-06-01

Journal:JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:32

Issue:6

Page Number:1109-1117

ISSN No.:1084-7529

Abstract:The self-assembly of silica microspheres into a close-packed array is a simple method of fabricating three-dimensional photonic crystal structural color films. However, the color is very dull because of the interferences of scattering and background light. In this study, we added a small quantity of surface-modified carbon black (CB) to the system of colloidal silica in n-propanol. The use of n-propanol as a dispersant is beneficial to the rapid development of photonic crystal films during the process of dip-coating. The doping of CB into silica microspheres can absorb background and scattering light, resulting in vivid structural colors. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America