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Gonul Yavuz1, Helena P Felgueiras2, Ana Isabel Ribeiro2
1Textile and Apparel Research and Application Center , Ege University , 35040 Izmir , Turkey.
Abstract:
In the present work, we investigated the combined effect of poly(styrene-methyl methacrylate-acrylic acid) [P(St-MMA-AA)] PCs with the disperse dye C.I. Disperse Red 343 on the photonic crystals (PCs) shape, distribution, organization, iridescence, chemical structure, thermal stability, and reflectance. PCs were successfully produced in the form of highly spherical, monodisperse colloidal structures. Presence of dye in the PCs inner core-shell structure was confirmed via Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy. The PCs brightness and iridescent effect was enhanced by the presence of the dyestuff, which also promoted the self-assembly of the colloidal nanospheres in the form of arrays. The P(St-MMA-AA) PCs thermal stability did not alter with the introduction of the dye. In a side experiment, dyed PCs were also coated onto dyed polyamide fabrics. Data reported successful coating of the textile fabric and an improvement of its reflectance. Fabric immobilization fostered the self-assembling of the dyed colloidal nanospheres in the form of well-organized face-centered cubic, closed-packed arrays. This is the simplest and most energy favorable organization for PCs. The combination of disperse dyes with PCs is a very recent and challenging idea and could open new ways to understand the influence the PCs photonic-band structure may exert on the photoluminescence properties of the dyes embedded in the PCs inner space, and vice versa.
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