Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Three-dimensional printing of photonic colloidal glasses into objects with isotropic structural color

  • Ahmet F. Demirörs,
  • Erik Poloni,
  • Maddalena Chiesa,
  • Fabio L. Bargardi,
  • Marco R. Binelli,
  • Wilhelm Woigk,
  • Lucas D. C. de Castro,
  • Nicole Kleger,
  • Fergal B. Coulter,
  • Alba Sicher,
  • Henning Galinski,
  • Frank Scheffold,
  • André R. Studart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32060-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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There is a growing interest in mimicking structural color in natural systems aiming for sustainable and long-lasting color. Here the authors report a platform for three-dimensional printing assembly of colloidal particles of silica and carbon that have programmable structural color.