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“Smart” Defects in Colloidal Photonic Crystals

MRS Online Proceedings Library volume 901, Article number: 227 (2005) Cite this article

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We present a bottom-up approach for the construction of "Smart" active defects in colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs). These structures incorporate polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) planar defects embedded in silica CPCs through a combination of evaporation induced self-assembly and microcontact transfer printing. We show how the enormous chemical diversity inherent to PEMs can be harnessed to create chemically active defect structures responsive to solvent vapor pressures, light, temperature as well as redox cycling. A sharp transmission state within the photonic stopband, induced by the PEM defect, can be precisely, reproducibly and in some cases reversibly tuned by these external stimuli.

These materials could find numerous applications as optically monitored chemical sensors, adjustable notch filters and CPC-based tunable laser sources.

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  1. Materials Chemistry Research Group, Chemistry Department, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada

    Friederike Fleischhaker, André C. Arsenault, Nicolas Tétreault, Zhuo Wang, Vladimir Kitaev, Frank Peiris, Georg von Freymann, Ian Manners & Geoffrey A. Ozin

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany

    Friederike Fleischhaker & Rudolf Zentel

  3. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC), Avda. Americo Vespucio s/n, Isla de La Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain

    Agustin Mihi & Hernan Miguez

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Fleischhaker, F., Arsenault, A.C., Tétreault, N. et al. “Smart” Defects in Colloidal Photonic Crystals. MRS Online Proceedings Library 901, 227 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-0901-Ra22-27-Rb22-27

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