Large-scale ordering of nanoparticles using viscoelastic shear processing

Qibin Zhao; Chris E. Finlayson; David R. E. Snoswell; Andrew Haines; Christian Schäfer; Peter Spahn; Goetz P. Hellmann; Andrei V. Petukhov; Lars Herrmann; Pierre Burdet; Paul A. Midgley; Simon Butler; Malcolm Mackley; Qixin Guo; Jeremy J. Baumberg

doi:10.1038/ncomms11661

journal article Open Access Jun 03, 2016

Large-scale ordering of nanoparticles using viscoelastic shear processing

Qibin Zhao

Chris E. Finlayson David R. E. Snoswell Andrew Haines Christian Schäfer

Peter Spahn Goetz P. Hellmann Andrei V. Petukhov

Lars Herrmann Pierre Burdet

Paul A. Midgley Simon Butler Malcolm Mackley Qixin Guo

Jeremy J. Baumberg

Nature Communications Vol. 7 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Abstract

AbstractDespite the availability of elaborate varieties of nanoparticles, their assembly into regular superstructures and photonic materials remains challenging. Here we show how flexible films of stacked polymer nanoparticles can be directly assembled in a roll-to-roll process using a bending-induced oscillatory shear technique. For sub-micron spherical nanoparticles, this gives elastomeric photonic crystals termed polymer opals showing extremely strong tunable structural colour. With oscillatory strain amplitudes of 300%, crystallization initiates at the wall and develops quickly across the bulk within only five oscillations. The resulting structure of random hexagonal close-packed layers is improved by shearing bidirectionally, alternating between two in-plane directions. Our theoretical framework indicates how the reduction in shear viscosity with increasing order of each layer accounts for these results, even when diffusion is totally absent. This general principle of shear ordering in viscoelastic media opens the way to manufacturable photonic materials, and forms a generic tool for ordering nanoparticles.

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Published: Jun 03, 2016
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Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom

Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

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Jeremy J. Baumberg

School of Physics and Astronomy, and School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.

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Qibin Zhao, Chris E. Finlayson, David R. E. Snoswell, et al. (2016). Large-scale ordering of nanoparticles using viscoelastic shear processing. Nature Communications, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11661

Large-scale ordering of nanoparticles using viscoelastic shear processing

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