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Colloidal Photonic Crystals for Sensor Applications

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Photonic Materials for Sensing, Biosensing and Display Devices

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Abstract

Colloidal crystals can be formed by self-assembly in which structural reflective color can be highly sensitive to interparticle distance or reflective index mismatch between particle and matrix. Therefore, if either matrix or particles are made out of stimuli-responsive materials, various environmental parameters can be sensed such as pH, temperature, pressure, mechanical deformation and so on. Also, by introducing chemical probes, various biomolecules (DNA) or toxic chemicals including gas and volatiles can be detected, which would be further extended to biomedical sensor platform. Compared with other sensor device, colloidal crystals are mechanically and chemical stable and their color change is reversible and could be operated without external (electrical or photon) energy. In this chapter, basic design principle of colloidal photonic crystals and sensors are described and representative examples of sensors are provided for various stimulus.

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    Shin-Hyun Kim

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Kim, SH., Yi, GR. (2016). Colloidal Photonic Crystals for Sensor Applications. In: Serpe, M.J., Kang, Y., Zhang, Q.M. (eds) Photonic Materials for Sensing, Biosensing and Display Devices. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 229. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24990-2_3

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