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Digital color in cellulose nanocrystal films.


ABSTRACT: Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) form chiral nematic phases in aqueous suspensions that can be preserved upon evaporation of water. The resulting films show an intense directional coloration determined by their microstructure. Here, microreflection experiments correlated with analysis of the helicoidal nanostructure of the films reveal that the iridescent colors and the ordering of the individual nematic layers are strongly dependent on the polydispersity of the size distribution of the CNCs. We show how this affects the self-assembly process, and hence multidomain color formation in such bioinspired structural films.

SUBMITTER: Dumanli AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4251880 | biostudies-other | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Digital color in cellulose nanocrystal films.

Dumanli Ahu Gümrah AG   van der Kooij Hanne M HM   Kamita Gen G   Reisner Erwin E   Baumberg Jeremy J JJ   Steiner Ullrich U   Vignolini Silvia S  

ACS applied materials & interfaces 20140728 15


Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) form chiral nematic phases in aqueous suspensions that can be preserved upon evaporation of water. The resulting films show an intense directional coloration determined by their microstructure. Here, microreflection experiments correlated with analysis of the helicoidal nanostructure of the films reveal that the iridescent colors and the ordering of the individual nematic layers are strongly dependent on the polydispersity of the size distribution of the CNCs. We sh  ...[more]

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