Construction of multifunctional photonic crystal microcapsules with tunable shell structures by combining microfluidic and controlled photopolymerization.

Wang, Jianying; Hu, Yuandu; Deng, Renhua; Xu, Wenjing; Liu, Shanqin; Liang, Ruijing; Nie, Zhihong; Zhu, Jintao · Lab Chip · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Holey photonic crystal (PC) microcapsules are generated through a combined technique of microfluidic- and controlled-photopolymerization. This versatile route allows the fine tuning of shell structure (from well-ordered nanoporous to single-hole structures with tailored hole size) by etching or by varying UV light intensity, and endowing the PC microcapsules with multifunctional properties.