A Thermally Adjustable Multicolor Photochromic Hydrogel

Matsubara, Kazuki; Watanabe, Masayoshi; Takeoka, Yukikazu

doi:10.1002/anie.200603554

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“…[101,102] Meanwhile, such periodically ordered colloidal particles can also act as removable templates so that ordered macroporous structures of hydrogels can be constructed (Figure 7a). [103][104][105][106][107][108][109] The size of the macropores can be easily controlled by tuning the diameter of the colloidal particle templates. Because of the features of the ordered porous structures, macroporous hydrogels hold immense promise as a unique platform for application for tissue-engineering scaffolds and sensors.…”

Section: Self-assemblymentioning

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Bioinspired Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Highly Ordered Structures

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In the human body, many soft tissues with hierarchically ordered composite structures, such as cartilage, skeletal muscle, the corneas, and blood vessels, exhibit highly anisotropic mechanical strength and functionality to adapt to complex environments. In artificial soft materials, hydrogels are analogous to these biological soft tissues due to their “soft and wet” properties, their biocompatibility, and their elastic performance. However, conventional hydrogel materials with unordered homogeneous structures inevitably lack high mechanical properties and anisotropic functional performances; thus, their further application is limited. Inspired by biological soft tissues with well‐ordered structures, researchers have increasingly investigated highly ordered nanocomposite hydrogels as functional biological engineering soft materials with unique mechanical, optical, and biological properties. These hydrogels incorporate long‐range ordered nanocomposite structures within hydrogel network matrixes. Here, the critical design criteria and the state‐of‐the‐art fabrication strategies of nanocomposite hydrogels with highly ordered structures are systemically reviewed. Then, recent progress in applications in the fields of soft actuators, tissue engineering, and sensors is highlighted. The future development and prospective application of highly ordered nanocomposite hydrogels are also discussed.

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“…The stability, biocompatibility, and quenching efficacy of this nanocomposite open a different perspective for cell imaging in different independent colors, sequentially and simultaneously. Despite the efforts of the scientists on developing multicolor photochromic systems, most of them are based on polymers, [39] single crystals [207] or organogels [209,210] containing organic moieties (no organic-inorganic hybrids), and they still present strong limitations for a real implementation in commercial devices.…”

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Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic‐Inorganic Materials and their Applications

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Julián‐López

Carlos

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Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild synthetic conditions, low processing temperatures provided by “chimie douce” and the versatility of the colloidal state allow for the mixing of the organic and inorganic components at the nanometer scale in virtually any ratio to produce the so called hybrid materials. Today a high degree of control over both composition and nanostructure of these hybrids can be achieved allowing tunable structure‐property relationships. This, in turn, makes it possible to tailor and fine‐tune many properties (mechanical, optical, electronic, thermal, chemical…) in very broad ranges, and to design specific multifunctional systems for applications. In particular, the field of “Hybrid‐Optics” has been very productive not only scientifically but also in terms of applications. Indeed, numerous optical devices based on hybrids are already in, or very close, to the market. This review describes most of the recent advances performed in this field. Emphasis will be given to luminescent, photochromic, NLO and plasmonic properties. As an outlook we show that the controlled coupling between plasmonics and luminescence is opening a land of opportunities in the field of “Hybrid‐Optics”.

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“…[8][9][10][11] The most important flexible electrochromic materials are the intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs), which undergo a spectral transition in the visible range when doped/undoped by ions.…”

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Electrically controlled colour-changing textiles using the resistive heating properties of PEDOT nanofibers

Laforgue

2010

J. Mater. Chem.

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Conductive PEDOT nanofiber mats were obtained by the electrospinning of oxidant fibers and subsequent vapour-phase polymerization of the EDOT monomer. The mats presented high conductivities as well as unprecedented resistive heating properties. Electrically controlled colour-changing textiles were produced by coating thermochromic inks on the PEDOT mats and triggering the colour change by applying current to the mat.

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A Thermally Adjustable Multicolor Photochromic Hydrogel

Cited by 273 publications

References 26 publications

Bioinspired Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Highly Ordered Structures

Bioinspired Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Highly Ordered Structures

Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic‐Inorganic Materials and their Applications

Electrically controlled colour-changing textiles using the resistive heating properties of PEDOT nanofibers

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