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Title: Cellulose ternary photonic crystal created by solution processing.
Authors: Manfredi, Giovanni; Mayrhofer, Claudia; Kothleitner, Gerald; Schennach, Robert; Comoretto, Davide
Abstract: For the first time, a multiplanar photonic crystal structure has been obtained using cellulose as a structural material. This all-polymer system, made of cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol and poly( N-vinylcarbazole) is a ternary planar photonic crystal composed by 7 repeated trilayers produced by spin coating. Trimethylsilyl cellulose is used as a precursor to be converted to cellulose. Transverse Transmission Electron Microscopy analysis of our systems confirms the multilayered structure whose optical response can be theoretically accounted for. Preliminary results on the response of the photonic crystal to water vapors envisage the use of this system for humidity optical sensing.
Subjects: CELLULOSE; PHOTONIC crystals; POLYVINYL alcohol; CRYSTAL structure; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy
Publication: Cellulose, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 5, p2853
ISSN: 0969-0239
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-016-1031-x

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Cellulose ternary photonic crystal created by solution processing.