Abstract

High quality opal‐like photonic crystals containing graphene are fabricated using evaporation‐driven self‐assembly of soft polymer colloids. A miniscule amount of pristine graphene within a colloidal crystal lattice results in the formation of colloidal crystals with a strong angle‐dependent structural color and a stop band that can be reversibly shifted across the visible spectrum. The crystals can be mechanically deformed or can reversibly change color as a function of their temperature, hence their sensitive mechanochromic and thermochromic response make them attractive candidates for a wide range of visual sensing applications. In particular, it is shown that the crystals are excellent candidates for visual strain sensors or integrated time‐temperature indicators which act over large temperature windows. Given the versatility of these crystals, this method represents a simple, inexpensive, and scalable approach to produce multifunctional graphene infused synthetic opals and opens up exciting applications for novel solution‐processable nanomaterial based photonics.

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temperature sensitive mechanochromic solutionprocessable nanomaterial based photonics thermochromic response angledependent structural color polymer integrated timetemperature indicators visual strain sensors multifunctional graphene colloidal crystal lattice stop band opallike photonic crystals

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Matthew J. Large, Jun Han, Alan B. Dalton, Ross Maspero, Jurgen Scheerder, Joseph L. Keddie, Marian Florescu, Jonathan N. Coleman, Alice A. K. King, Joselito M. Razal,Izabela Jurewicz, Ravi Shanker, Ronan J. Smith, Claudia Backes, Sean P. Ogilvie,.Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals. (),.

Matthew J. Large, et al."Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals"

Matthew J. Large, Jun Han, Alan B. Dalton, Ross Maspero, Jurgen Scheerder, Joseph L. Keddie, Marian Florescu, Jonathan N. Coleman, Alice A. K. King, Joselito M. Razal,Izabela Jurewicz, Ravi Shanker, Ronan J. Smith, Claudia Backes, Sean P. Ogilvie,"Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals"

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