Artificial Structural Colors and Applications

Zhiyi Xuan; Junyu Li; Qingquan Liu; Fei Yi; Shaowei Wang; Wei Lu

The Innovation (Feb 2021)

Artificial Structural Colors and Applications

Zhiyi Xuan,
Junyu Li,
Qingquan Liu,
Fei Yi,
Shaowei Wang,
Wei Lu

Affiliations

Zhiyi Xuan: State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Energy-saving Coatings, Shanghai 200083, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
Junyu Li: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Qingquan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Energy-saving Coatings, Shanghai 200083, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
Fei Yi: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Shaowei Wang: State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Energy-saving Coatings, Shanghai 200083, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China; Corresponding author
Wei Lu: State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Energy-saving Coatings, Shanghai 200083, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
p. 100081

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Summary: Structural colors are colors generated by the interaction between incident light and nanostructures. Structural colors have been studied for decades due to their promising advantages of long-term stability and environmentally friendly properties compared with conventional pigments and dyes. Previous studies have demonstrated many artificial structural colors inspired by naturally generated colors from plants and animals. Moreover, many strategies consisting of different principles have been reported to achieve dynamically tunable structural colors. Furthermore, the artificial structural colors can have multiple functions besides decoration, such as absorbing solar energy, anti-counterfeiting, and information encryption. In the present work, we reviewed the typical artificial structural colors generated by multilayer films, photonic crystals, and metasurfaces according to the type of structures, and discussed the approaches to achieve dynamically tunable structural colors.

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ISSN: 2666-6758 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General)
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