One-dimensional photonic crystals: fabrication, responsiveness and emerging applications in 3D construction

Shen, Huaizhong; Wang, Zhaoyi; Wu, Yuxin; Yang, Bai

doi:10.1039/c5ra21373h

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“…In the last decade, many PhC structures were demonstrated to be effective transducers for chemical and biological molecules, as well as for physical stimuli like pressure and temperature . The sensing process relies on the modification of the PhC optical response triggered by external perturbations affecting the lattice periodicity, its dielectric function or the dielectric environment.…”

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“…DBRs are indeed made of alternated thin films of different dielectric materials. This simplicity makes them the only PhCs that can take advantage of large area growths (see Section ) . Such fabrication methods are unconceivable with bulky inorganic DBRs and might reduce processing costs and enhance customizability, also on industrial scale, thus adding unprecedented market opportunities.…”

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Advances in Functional Solution Processed Planar 1D Photonic Crystals

Lova

Manfredi

Comoretto

2018

Advanced Optical Materials

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photonic states (PDOS), [2][3][4] which helps explaining the photoluminescence (PL) changes of materials when embedded in the PhC structure.Traditionally, PhCs have been made carving bulky inorganic dielectrics or sem iconductors. These structures are still a hot topic in photonics for optical fibers, light emitting diodes (LEDs), sensors, photo voltaic devices, lasers, discrete and integrated optical components, lightening, and quantum computing. [6] However, new solution processable photoactive materials (e.g., organic semiconductors, quantum dots, hybrid perovskites, and selfassem bling supramolecular systems) stimulated the development of PhCs grown with organic and colloidal materials by solution and melt processes. [7] Among PhCs, distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are cur rently the most interesting owing to their planar structure which generates a simple optical response that represents a playground to understand deep physical concepts, as described in Sections 2.4 and 4. DBRs are indeed made of alternated thin films of different dielectric materials. This simplicity makes them the only PhCs that can take advantage of large area growths (see Section 3.1). [8] Such fabrication methods are unconceivable with bulky inorganic DBRs and might reduce processing costs and enhance customizability, also on industrial scale, thus adding unprecedented market opportunities. Figure 1 illustrates the evolution and fabrications of solution and melt processed DBRs. The top of the Figure displays three wellknown natural DBRs belonging to animal and plant reigns: the mother of pearl, [9] the Panamanian Tortoise beetle exoskel eton, [10] and the Pollia Condensata skin, [11] whose growth is driven by the thermodynamics of spinodal phase separation. [12] The interest in these natural structures leads to their emulation until the development of solutionbased fabrication methods for flexible synthetic DBRs made of polymers and inorganic nanoparticles (Figure 1). At the base of Figure 1, we also show some applications arose only in the last decades. From left to right: the use of DBRs in functional architecture, in enhance ment of photon absorption for photovoltaic cells and modules, emission control, lasing, and sensing. [7c,13] In this paper we will first briefly review the properties of DBRs and then focus on the reasons that guided the research toward new solutionbased and largearea fabrications, describing current processes used both at the laboratory and largearea scales. We will then review the main applications of these structures comparing the performances of mesoporous inorganic and polymer devices. An overview on the properties and applications of polymer and inorganic planar 1D photonic crystals fabricated from solution is provided here. In the last decades, photonic crystals became technologically relevant for light management, photovoltaics, sensing, and lasing. Such structures are traditionally produced by lithographic and vacuum techniques, but the need to reduce costs and to scale-up the fabrication have lea...

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Advances in Functional Solution Processed Planar 1D Photonic Crystals

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Manfredi

Comoretto

2018

Advanced Optical Materials

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“…A one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC), also called Bragg stack, is a periodic nanostructure with a refractive index distribution along one direction [45]. Metal Organic Frameworks-Based Optical Thin Films DOI: http://dx.doi.org /10.5772/intechopen.86290 Hinterholzinger et al [20] presented the fabrication of 1DPC based on ZIF-8 and mesoporous titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) for the first time.…”

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Metal Organic Frameworks-Based Optical Thin Films

Tao¹,

Wang²,

Chen³

2020

Multilayer Thin Films - Versatile Applications for Materials Engineering

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are organic-inorganic hybrid materials with ordered pore structures assembled by metal centers and organic ligands through coordination bonds, but conventionally they are mostly in powder form. In recent years, metal-organic framework films have received increasing attention due to their potential applications in nanotechnology and nanodevices. The intrinsic ultrahigh porosity of MOFs may lead to a low refractive index of MOF materials. In addition, over 70,000 types of MOFs exist, and their properties can be tuned through the adoption of different metal motifs, organic ligands, or crystal morphologies. These characteristics make MOFs a potential new generation of optical thin film materials. In this chapter, the fabrication methods of MOF thin films, the optical properties of MOF optical thin films, and their application in optical sensors were described.

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“…Polymer‐based DBRs are composed by alternating layers of different polymers, whose thicknesses or cross‐linking can vary when an analyte interact with them, giving rise to reversible changes in the optical signal. In the literature there are multiple examples of pH, ions, temperature, pressure and organic vapors sensors based on polymers or hydrogels that change their conformation upon exposure and biosensors based in the same principle . These sensors present a high sensitivity and low detection limits but since they are composed exclusively by organic material, they may be degraded in operating conditions.…”

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Detection of Organic Vapors Using Tamm Mode Based Devices Built from Mesoporous Oxide Thin Films

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In this work, Tamm mode based devices were synthesized using mesoporous thin films as building blocks. Several systems were designed and built, based on silicon and titanium mesoporous oxides obtained through amphiphilic molecules templating approach. The devices were evaluated for organic vapor detection and the obtained results demonstrate that the developed Tamm devices can be used for such purpose. Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) were also synthesized and evaluated as a comparison. In both cases, the detection of organic vapors is possible thanks to capillary condensation inside the well‐ordered and accessible porosity that give rise to equivalent results to the ones obtained for the detection of liquids. Both kinds of devices behave in a similar way, but the figure of merit for the Tamm mode based ones is between two and three times larger due to the smaller width of the sensitive band. Moreover, it was demonstrated that the response time of the sensor is less than 80 s in all tested cases. In addition, such parameter clearly depends on both the physicochemical characteristics of the solvents (in particular, boiling temperature and vapor pressure) and the characteristics of the sensor itself. The results presented in this work represent a proof of concept towards the production of robust and reusable detection devices based on the combination of functional mesoporous thin films and the Tamm mode.

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One-dimensional photonic crystals: fabrication, responsiveness and emerging applications in 3D construction

Cited by 118 publications

References 169 publications

Advances in Functional Solution Processed Planar 1D Photonic Crystals

Advances in Functional Solution Processed Planar 1D Photonic Crystals

Metal Organic Frameworks-Based Optical Thin Films

Detection of Organic Vapors Using Tamm Mode Based Devices Built from Mesoporous Oxide Thin Films

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