Mechano-actuated ultrafast full-colour switching in layered photonic hydrogels

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yue, Youfeng ^a,b   Kurokawa, Takayuki ^a   Haque, Md Anamul ^a,c   Nakajima, Tasuku ^a   Nonoyama, Takayuki ^a   Li, Xufeng ^a   Kajiwara, Itsuro ^a   Gong, Jian Ping ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL PROPERTY; GEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; PHOTONIC HYDROGEL; RESPONSE TIME; ULTRAFAST RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 84907357166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5659     Document Type: Article

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