Gao, W, Rigout, M orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-7768 and Owens, H (2017) The structural coloration of textile materials using self-assembled silica nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 19 (9). 303. ISSN 1388-0764
Abstract
The work presented investigates how to produce structural colours on textile materials by applying a surface coating of silica nanoparticles (SNPs). Uniform SNPs with particle diameters in a controlled micron size range (207–350 nm) were synthesized using a Stöber-based solvent varying (SV) method which has been reported previously. Photonic crystals (PCs) were formed on the surface of a piece of textile fabric through a process of natural sedimentation self-assembly of the colloidal suspension containing uniform SNPs. Due to the uniformity and a particular diameter range of the prepared SNPs, structural colours were observed from the fabric surface due to the Bragg diffraction of white light with the ordered structure of the silica PCs. By varying the mean particle diameter, a wide range of spectral colours from red to blue were obtained. The comparison of structural colours on fabrics and on glasses suggests that a smooth substrate is critical when producing materials with high colour intensity and spatial uniformity. This work suggested a promising approach to colour textile materials without the need for traditional dyes and/or pigments.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Structural coloration; Silica nanoparticles; Self-assembly; Photonic crystals; Artificial opal; Colloidal suspension |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2018 15:18 |
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2018 15:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11051-017-3991-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139708 |