Grayscale-patterned metal-hydrogel-metal microscavity for dynamic multi-color display

Autor: Zhang Jian, Wang Dandan, Ying Yunbin, Zhou Hao, Liu Xiaokai, Hu Xin, Chen Yingxin, Li Qiang, Zhang Xuefeng, Qiu Min
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nanophotonics, Vol 10, Iss 16, Pp 4125-4131 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2192-8614
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0413
Popis: Dynamic structural color based on tunable optical resonance plays a key role in applications including encryption visualization, camouflage and colorimetric sensing. However, the current design requires either complex growth processes of the high-quality tunable materials or complicated circuit designs. This work makes a humidity-swelling hydrogel layer for metal–insulator–metal (MIM) structure in the dynamic multi-color display. Here, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel structure is patterned through grayscale e-beam lithography and the controlled PVA thickness leads the programmable reflective resonance covering the entire visible range. By varying the ambient humidity between 9.8 and 90.1% RH, the reflective resonance of the structure is tailored across a wavelength range over 100 nm. Our materials platform of humidity-sensitive hydrogel resist presents a novel approach of the stepwise and reversible optical tunability for photonic devices.
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