Fabrication of robust high-quality ORMOCER (R) inverse opals
- The nanostructuring of ORMOCER (R) to form inverse opals is described. For this purpose a polymer opal is used as a template and infiltrated with liquid ORMOCER (R). After photopolymerization of the resin the host opal is dissolved in tetrahydrofuran and an ORMOCER (R) inverse opal is obtained. It shows excellent periodicity (by SEM) and optical properties to reveal a high degree of face centered cubic order. This replication process leads to a nanostructured photonic crystal with the outstanding mechanical properties of ORMOCER (R) and high temperature stability up to 350 degrees C.
| Author details: | Birger LangeGND, Jürgen Wagner, Rudolf ZentelORCiD |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200600429 |
| ISSN: | 1022-1336 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Macromolecular rapid communications |
| Publisher: | Wiley-VCH |
| Place of publishing: | Weinheim |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2006/10/23 |
| Publication year: | 2006 |
| Release date: | 2020/05/08 |
| Tag: | ORMOCER (R); colloids; inverse opals; photonic crystal; self-assembly |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Number of pages: | 6 |
| First page: | 1746 |
| Last Page: | 1751 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
