Mechanochromic Fibers with Structural Color

Houpu Li; Xuemei Sun; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1002/cphc.201500736

Mechanochromic Fibers with Structural Color

Chemphyschem. 2015 Dec 21;16(18):3761-8. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201500736. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

Authors

Houpu Li¹, Xuemei Sun², Huisheng Peng³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. sunxm@fudan.edu.cn.
³ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. penghs@fudan.edu.cn.

PMID: 26420744
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500736

Abstract

Responsive photonic crystals have been widely developed to realize tunable structural colors by manipulating the flow of light. Among them, mechanochromic photonic crystals attract increasing attention due to the easy operation, high safety and broad applications. Recently, mechanochromic photonic crystal fibers were proposed to satisfy the booming wearable smart textile market. In this Concept, the fundamental mechanism, fabrication, and recent progress on mechanochromic photonic crystals, especially in fiber shape, are summarized to represent a new direction in sensing and displaying.

Keywords: displays; fibers; mechanochromic materials; photonic crystals; structural color.