Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays
Photonic fibers are important raw materials for structurally colored fabrics. In particular, the mechanochromic fibers potentially provide color‐tunable clothes, like chameleon skins. Herein, microfluidic jetting to continuously produce mechanochromic fibers in a controlled manner is used. The jet i...
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| description | Photonic fibers are important raw materials for structurally colored fabrics. In particular, the mechanochromic fibers potentially provide color‐tunable clothes, like chameleon skins. Herein, microfluidic jetting to continuously produce mechanochromic fibers in a controlled manner is used. The jet is produced by flow‐focusing the photocurable dispersions in a surfactant‐laden carrier fluid using microfluidic devices. The dispersions contain monodispersed silica particles in an elastomer‐forming resin. As the silica particles have repulsive interparticle potential in the resin, they spontaneously organize into a nonclose‐packed regular array, developing structural colors. The jet of the dispersions is photocured in situ by irradiation of ultraviolet at the exit of the microfluidic channel, continuously producing the photonic fibers. As the interparticle separation among silica particles is shortened along the radial direction by stretching the elastic fibers, the structural colors are dynamically blue shifted. Also, the original colors are reversibly recovered by relaxing the fibers as the deformation is fully elastic. The nonclose‐packed array of inelastic silica particles provides a wide range of color tuning and high reversibility. Moreover, microfluidic jetting enables the production of Janus fibers composed of two distinct color domains, which enriches the available structural colors through color mixing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0497d52ea1ce449bb5c57045a89e1df42022-12-21T20:09:14ZengWiley-VCHSmall Science2688-40462021-04-0114n/an/a10.1002/smsc.202000058Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal ArraysJong Hyun Kim0Kyung Han Kim1Gun Ho Lee2Ji-Won Kim3Sang Hoon Han4Chang-Soo Lee5Shin-Hyun Kim6Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Chungnam National University Daejeon 34134 Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Chungnam National University Daejeon 34134 Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of KoreaPhotonic fibers are important raw materials for structurally colored fabrics. In particular, the mechanochromic fibers potentially provide color‐tunable clothes, like chameleon skins. Herein, microfluidic jetting to continuously produce mechanochromic fibers in a controlled manner is used. The jet is produced by flow‐focusing the photocurable dispersions in a surfactant‐laden carrier fluid using microfluidic devices. The dispersions contain monodispersed silica particles in an elastomer‐forming resin. As the silica particles have repulsive interparticle potential in the resin, they spontaneously organize into a nonclose‐packed regular array, developing structural colors. The jet of the dispersions is photocured in situ by irradiation of ultraviolet at the exit of the microfluidic channel, continuously producing the photonic fibers. As the interparticle separation among silica particles is shortened along the radial direction by stretching the elastic fibers, the structural colors are dynamically blue shifted. Also, the original colors are reversibly recovered by relaxing the fibers as the deformation is fully elastic. The nonclose‐packed array of inelastic silica particles provides a wide range of color tuning and high reversibility. Moreover, microfluidic jetting enables the production of Janus fibers composed of two distinct color domains, which enriches the available structural colors through color mixing.https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202000058colloidal arraysmechanochromic materialsmicrofluidic jettingphotonic fibersstructural colors |
| spellingShingle | Jong Hyun Kim Kyung Han Kim Gun Ho Lee Ji-Won Kim Sang Hoon Han Chang-Soo Lee Shin-Hyun Kim Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays Small Science colloidal arrays mechanochromic materials microfluidic jetting photonic fibers structural colors |
| title | Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays |
| title_full | Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays |
| title_fullStr | Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays |
| title_short | Microfluidic Production of Mechanochromic Photonic Fibers Containing Nonclose‐Packed Colloidal Arrays |
| title_sort | microfluidic production of mechanochromic photonic fibers containing nonclose packed colloidal arrays |
| topic | colloidal arrays mechanochromic materials microfluidic jetting photonic fibers structural colors |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202000058 |
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