Tunable Structural Color with Gradient and Multiaxial Polydimethylsiloxane Wrinkling

Annabelle Tan; Luca Pellegrino; Zain Ahmad; João T. Cabral

doi:10.1002/adom.202200964

journal article Open Access Jun 16, 2022

Tunable Structural Color with Gradient and Multiaxial Polydimethylsiloxane Wrinkling

Annabelle Tan

Luca Pellegrino

Zain Ahmad

João T. Cabral

Advanced Optical Materials Vol. 10 No. 17 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe generation of structural color from wrinkled polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces, fabricated by plasma exposure, subjected to uni‐ and multi‐axial, and sequential strain fields is examined. The approach is based on the well‐known, mechanically‐induced, buckling instability of a supported bilayer, whereby the top glassy “skin” is formed by plasma oxidation. Surface periodicities 200 nm ≲ d ≲ 3 μm, encompassing the visible spectrum, are investigated in terms of the observed color, intensity spectrum, and color mixing from different diffraction orders, exhibiting good agreement with model predictions. By contrast with complex fabrication methods, color tunability and mechanochromic response are readily achieved by adjusting plasma and strain parameters, and by dynamically varying strain (ε ≲ 50%). Prescribed strain directionality, employing uniaxial, isotropic, gradient strain, and wave‐sum wrinkling superposition, as well as skin thickness (and thus d) and amplitude gradients, using facile and scalable fabrication approaches, yield striking spatial color variation, homogeneity, and directionality.

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Published: Jun 16, 2022
Vol/Issue: 10(17)
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Authors

A

Annabelle Tan

Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK; Centre for Processable Electronics Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK

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Luca Pellegrino

Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK

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Zain Ahmad

Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK

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João T. Cabral

Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK; Centre for Processable Electronics Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Award: EPSRC DTC

Royal Academy of Engineering Award: RAEng chair

Cite This Article

Annabelle Tan, Luca Pellegrino, Zain Ahmad, et al. (2022). Tunable Structural Color with Gradient and Multiaxial Polydimethylsiloxane Wrinkling. Advanced Optical Materials, 10(17). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202200964

Tunable Structural Color with Gradient and Multiaxial Polydimethylsiloxane Wrinkling

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