• 文献标题:   Optical and physical properties of iridescent photonic crystals obtained by self-assembled polymethyl methacrylate nanospheres within graphene oxide nanoplatelets
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HADDADINE N, AGOUDJIL K, ABOUZEID K, CASTANO CE, BOUSLAH N, BENABOURA A, SAMY ELSHALL M
  • 作者关键词:   colloid selfassembly, graphene oxide nanoplatelet, photonic bandgap, photonic crystal, pmma nanosphere
  • 出版物名称:   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
  • ISSN:   1042-7147 EI 1099-1581
  • 通讯作者地址:   Virginia Commonwealth Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1002/pat.4109
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Opal photonic crystals prepared by vertical templating of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) nanospheres in aqueous graphene oxide (GO) solutions were successfully obtained. The results show that increasing the PMMA nanospheres' size leads to the modification of the d-spacing in GO nanoplatelets, inducing brilliant iridescence colors that span the entire visible electromagnetic spectrum. Scanning electron microscopy study shows a uniform distribution of GO nanoplatelets on the surface and the bulk of the opal photonic crystals. The reflectance spectra exhibit a significant red shift from 385 to 660nm when the nanospheres' size increases from 160 to 306nm, respctively. The Raman spectra show a systematic decrease in the intensity ratio of the D to G bands of GO (I-D/I-G), suggesting a partial reduction of graphene oxide with decrasing the extent of defects in the partially reduced GO nanoplatelets. This finding is confirmed by the significant decrease observed in the intensity of the hydroxyl band in the attenuated total reflectance mode-Fourier transform infrared spectra of the photonic crystals. The results provide the first demonstrated example of intercalated assemblies of polymer nanospheres within GO nanosheets, leading to photonic crystals with brilliant iridescence colors that span the entire visible electromagnetic spectrum and can be tuned only by varying the size of the PMMA nanospheres.