Solution‐Processable Photonic Inks of Mie‐Resonant Hollow Carbon–Silica Nanospheres

Hollow carbon–silica nanospheres that exhibit angle‐independent structural color with high saturation and minimal absorption are made. Through scattering calculations, it is shown that the structural color arises from Mie resonances that are tuned precisely by varying the thickness of the shells. Since the color does not depend on the spatial arrangement of the particles, the coloration is angle independent and vibrant in powders and liquid suspensions. These properties make hollow carbon–silica nanospheres ideal for applications, and their potential in making flexible, angle‐independent films and 3D printed films is explored.     

基于飞秒激光制备的光子晶体光纤Fabry-Perot温度传感器

提出并设计了一种基于飞秒激光在光子晶体光纤(photonic crystal fiber,PCF)中制备光纤法布里-珀罗(Fabry-Perot,F-P)传感器的方法。采用飞秒脉冲激光作为加工光源,结合放大倍率100×的物镜以及三维加工平台在PCF侧面采用逐线刻写方式进行加工。通过对飞秒激光光斑在光纤上的聚焦位置以及刻写功率进行优化,在PCF上刻写了深度均为80 μm、间隔为800 μm的两条划线,实现了周期为0.98 nm的全光纤F-P结构制备；实验中,对传感器在40~120 ℃温度范围内的光谱特性进行了测试与分析,每隔10 ℃进行一次数据采集,随着温度逐渐增加波长向长波方向漂移,通过对该采样点数据进行线性拟合,得到该测试点的波长温度灵敏度为9.73 pm/℃,拟合线性度为0.997。     

基于拓扑单向波导的电磁诱导透明效应研究

为了研究电磁诱导透明效应在拓扑单向波导中的表现，设计了一种基于磁性光子晶体的耦合谐振腔波导。通过对谐振腔位置的调控实现了具有单向性质的电磁诱导透明效应，并利用有限时域差分仿真证明了电磁诱导透明效应在单向拓扑波导中的相关特性。该研究可为拓扑波导中实现光延迟、光开关等提供参考。     

Understanding the Self-Assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals—Toward Chiral Photonic Materials

Over millions of years, animals and plants have evolved complex molecules and structures that endow them with vibrant colors. Among the sources of natural coloration, structural color is prominent in insects, bird feathers, snake skin, plants, and other organisms, where the color arises from the interaction of light with nanoscale features rather than absorption from a pigment. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are a biorenewable resource that spontaneously organize into chiral nematic liquid crystals having a hierarchical structure that resembles the Bouligand structure of arthropod shells. The periodic, chiral nematic organization of CNC films leads them to diffract light, making them appear iridescent. Over the past two decades, there have been many advances to develop the photonic properties of CNCs for applications ranging from cosmetics to sensors. Here, the origin of color in CNCs, the control of photonic properties of CNC films, the development of new composite materials of CNCs that can yield flexible photonic structures, and the future challenges in this field are discussed. In particular, recent efforts to make flexible photonic materials using CNCs are highlighted.     

Engineering 2D Multifunctional Ultrathin Bismuthene for Multiple Photonic Nanomedicine

2D monoelemental nanomaterials (Xenes) have shown tremendous potential for versatile biomedical applications. Bismuth, as a heavy element in pnictogens, has acquired massive research interest due to its unique optical performance, high biocompatibility, stability, and relatively low cost. However, the utilization of 2D bismuthene in nanomedicine has not been achieved because of the difficulty in engineering bismuthene with crucial structural/compositional characteristics for satisfying strict biomedical requirements. Herein, to address this Gordian knot, a facile strategy to intercalate and delaminate Bi bulk for generating mass few-layered 2D bismuthene with high yield by employing a water molecule mediated freezing–thawing process and sodium borohydride-triggered reduction treatment is proposed. The resulting 2D bismuthene displays good optical performance in the near-infrared (NIR) biowindow and can be excited via red light for reactive oxygen species generation, enabling applications in multiple photonic cancer nanomedicine settings, including photothermal hyperthermia and photodynamic therapy. Utilizing the intrinsic desirable optical absorbance and strong X-ray attenuation of bismuthene, dual photonic therapy can be conducted under the supervision of photoacoustic/computed tomography guided multimodal imaging. This research not only offers a potential mass-production ready, cost-effective, and eco-efficient methodology for engineering 2D Xenes, but also exploits an innovative 2D bismuthene based photonic cancer nanomedicine.     

涤纶织物上自交联型P(St-NMA)光子晶体的构筑及其结构稳固性

为提升光子晶体生色结构在纺织基材上的稳固性,以自交联型聚(苯乙烯-N-羟甲基丙烯酰胺)(P(St-NMA))胶体微球为结构基元,通过数码喷印技术将其施加到涤纶织物上构筑光子晶体生色结构。观测P(St-NMA)微球的形貌,表征光子晶体的排列和结构色效果,并测试和对比PSt和P(St-NMA)2种光子晶体生色结构在基材上的稳固性。结果表明:P(St-NMA)胶体微球具有典型的核壳结构,其中疏水性的聚苯乙烯(PSt)为核层,亲水性的聚N-羟甲基丙烯酰胺为壳层;P(St-NMA)光子晶体生色结构排列规整,色彩鲜艳、虹彩明显;相比PSt光子晶体生色结构,P(St-NMA)光子晶体生色结构的稳固性显著提升,经折叠、水洗后不易脱落。     

2,4-Dichlorophenol molecularly imprinted two-dimensional photonic crystal hydrogels

A novel molecularly imprinted two-dimensional (2-D) photonic crystal hydrogels (MIPH) for sensitive and label-free recognition of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) was prepared. The 2-D photonic crystal template was fabricated by using air-water interface self-assembly method. And then the template was embedded with molecularly imprinted polymer, which was synthesized with 2,4-DCP as imprinted molecules, dimethyl sulfoxide as solvent, acrylic acid and acrylamide as functional monomers, N,N-methylene bis acrylamide as cross-linker, azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator. The imprinted molecules were removed by 0.01 M ammonia solution. The results indicated that the 2,4-DCP molecularly imprinted 2-D photonic crystal hydrogels has good response and recognition ability to 2,4-DCP. When the molar ratio of cross-linking density of MIPH is 2.3% and the molar ratio of imprinting molecule is 5.0%, the change of Debye ring diameter is the largest. The diameter of Debye ring increased by 7.1 mm when the concentration of 2,4-DCP changed from 0 to 1 × 10⁻⁶ M, and the particle spacing of MIPH reduced 38 nm. In addition, the diameter of the Debye ring hardly changed in the solution of analogues of 2,4-DCP such as, phenol, 2-chlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and so on, indicating that the MIPH has highly sensitivity and specificity.     

A novel proposal for all optical 3 to 8 decoder based on nonlinear ring resonators

In this paper, a 3 to 8 optical decoder was proposed using nonlinear photonic crystal ring resonators. For realizing the 3 to 8 decoder, we combined seven 1 to 2 optical decoders. In the proposed structure, X, Y and Z serve as input ports. By combination of these ports, one can control which output port to be ON. The maximum time delay of the proposed structure is about 6?ps.     

Re-Printable Chiral Photonic Paper with Invisible Patterns and Tunable Wettability

The construction of invisible patterns via high-resolution printing and the independent encoding/decoding of complex information can lead to promising applications in steganography and watermarking for optical encryption. Herein, a rewritable chiral photonic paper formed by cholesteric cellulose nanocrystals and polycation is reported. The chemically crosslinked polycation network interpenetrates in the cholesteric structure while retaining the optical properties of the photonic crystals. The film exhibits controllable wettability via anion exchange, leading to extremely low contrast in the dry state but high contrast by a rapid wetting response. Triple invisible information is independently encoded on the films, including invisible patterns caused by reversible counterion-controlled wettability, permanent fluorescent labels based on fluorescent counterions, and polarization-dependent structural colors based on cholesteric structures. Full color patterns can be reversibly constructed via inkjet printing, with a high resolution of 100 µm. In addition, the circular polarization characteristics of the cellulose nanocrystals, liquid crystals, endow the system with complex and independent responses, realizing a wetting/polarization double-key decryption. This work provides a simple and effective optical technique for coding complex information on a single material platform and expands the techniques available to achieve invisible patterns for sensing and anti-counterfeiting.