Preparation of iridescent colloidal crystal coatings with variable structural colors

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 17831-17838

  Cong, Hailin ^a   Yu, Bing ^a   Wang, Shaopeng ^a   Qi, Limin ^b   Wang, Jilei ^a   Ma, Yurong ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COLOR; SILICONES;

CARBON BLACK NANOPARTICLES; COLLOID CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; IRIDESCENT COLORS; OBSERVATION ANGLE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; STRUCTURAL COLOR; THREE PRIMARY COLORS;

COLLOIDS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COLLOID;

CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; METHODOLOGY;

COLLOIDS; COLOR; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOTUBES, CARBON; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84880950831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.017831     Document Type: Article

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