Photonic Microcapsules Containing Single‐Crystal Colloidal Arrays with Optical Anisotropy

Colloidal particles with a repulsive interparticle potential spontaneously form crystalline lattices, which are used as a motif for photonic materials. It is difficult to predict the crystal arrangement in spherical volume as lattices are incompatible with a spherical surface. Here, the optimum arrangement of charged colloids is experimentally investigated by encapsulating them in double‐emulsion drops. Under conditions of strong interparticle repulsion, the colloidal crystal rapidly grows from the surface toward the center of the microcapsule, forming an onion‐like arrangement. By contrast, for weak repulsion, crystallites slowly grow and fuse through rearrangement to form a single‐crystal phase. Single‐crystal structure is energetically favorable even for strong repulsion. Nevertheless, a high energy barrier to colloidal rearrangement kinetically arrests the onion‐like structure formed by heterogeneous nucleation. Unlike the isotropic onion‐shaped product, the anisotropic single‐crystal‐containing microcapsules selectively display—at certain orientations but not others—one of the distinct colors from the various crystal planes.     

Microhardness and interatomic binding in some cubic crystals

Vicker’s microhardness measurements have been carried out on single crystals of CaF₂, SrF₂, BaF₂, CdF₂, PbF₂, EuF₂, ThO₂, NaClO₃, NaBrO₃, Bi₄ (GeO₄)₃, Bi₄(SiO₄)₃, Bi₁₂GeO₂₀ and Bi₁₂SiO₂₀. The hardness values are discussedvis-a-vis the interatomic binding in these crystals. While most of the fluorite-type crystals are highly ionic, covalency is indicated in the bismuth compounds studied.     

Systematic hardness measurements on mixed and doped crystals of rubidium halides

Efforts are made to improve the hardness of rubidium halide crystals by (i) solid solution hardening and (ii) impurity hardening. Systematic microhardness measurements have been made on rubidium halide mixed crystals (RbBr-RbI and KI-RbI) and rubidium halide crystals doped with Sr²⁺ ions. The composition dependence of the hardness of mixed crystals follows the law ΔH _v =K x (1− x),where ΔH _v is the enhancement in hardness,K a constant andx and (1 −x) the concentrations of the first and second component of the mixed crystals, respectively. The hardness of doped crystals increases with the concentrationC of the dopant according to the law, ΔH _v+6 =k C ^m ,wherek andm are constants. The relative efficacy of the two methods of hardening is discussed.     

Systematic hardness measurements on CsClxBr(1?x) and NH4ClxBr(1?x) mixed crystals

Vickers hardness measurements have been made on polycrystalline blanks of CsCl _x Br_(1−x) and single crystals of NH₄Cl _x Br_(1−x). The composition dependence of hardness is highly nonlinear in both systems and follows an empirical model that includes a lattice contribution and a disorder contribution. The Gilman-Chin parameter (H/C ₄₄) has been calculated and its significance discussed.     

胶体阵列及三维光子晶体制备的研究进展

单分散的胶体颗粒能自发排列成胶体阵列,其长程有序结构能获得许多特殊的性质.胶体阵列被用作制备可见光及近红外波长范围的光子晶体的基础.以其为模板制备的反蛋白石结构可拥有全光子禁带,为新一代光子器件开发和应用带来了希望.介绍了单分散胶体颗粒的主流制备方法,归纳总结了胶体阵列制备的几种方法和国内外最新的相关报道,简述了其在制备三维光子晶体领域的最新进展以及该领域国内外的研究进展.     

斜入射光束时电光和旋光晶体的相移

提出了电光和旋光晶体中相移的精确计算方法。计算了电光和旋光效应中,当外界电场方向和传播方向任意时晶体的折射率。用作者建立的斜入射时晶体的相移公式研究了相移随入射角和方位角的改变。如果选择适当的方位角,相移对准直的灵敏度将有所改进。     

NaCl改性SiO_2微球的制备及其自组装光子晶体研究

为提高SiO2微球的表面电荷密度,通过改进Stober法,引入电解质NaCl合成SiO2微球,并采用垂直沉积法制备出光子晶体.通过Zeta电位粒度仪、带EDS能谱仪的场发射扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和紫外-可见-近红外光谱仪对其电学性能、显微形貌和光学性能进行测试分析.Zeta电位测试结果显示改性SiO2:微球的Zeta电位平均提高11.39mV;EDS能谱分析表明微球中含有钠元素;SEM照片表明样品平均粒径为334 nm,平均标准偏差小于5%,所得光子晶体为面心立方密排结构;吸收光谱表明在725nm处具有光子晶体带隙.     

聚合物凝胶光子晶体及其对物理环境的响应

文中简要介绍了物理响应性光子晶体的国内外研究动态。重点介绍以下几种物理响应性光子晶体:温度响应性光子晶体,溶剂响应性光子晶体,电场响应性光子晶体,磁场响应性光子晶体,机械力响应性光子晶体等。