Full color tunable photonic crystal from crystalline colloidal arrays with an engineered photonic stop-band.

Han, Moon Gyu; Shin, Chang Gyun; Jeon, Seog-Jin; Shim, Hongshik; Heo, Chul-Joon; Jin, Haishun; Kim, Jung Woo; Lee, Sangyoon · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

An electrically tunable photonic crystal is developed utilizing crystalline colloidal arrays of high refractive index particles. Through modulation of the refractive index of the particle, and the applied electric field, both the bandwidth and position of the photonic bandgap could be tuned. Full color modulation with high optical quality is achieved, which paves a way to develop a novel reflective display.

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