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Published on: December 11, 2014
Nanoimprinting Pattern on Responsive Microwrinkles for Dynamic Optical Diffraction and Reflection
Ruoyu Xu1, Tianjiao Ma1, Jin Li1
1Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Synergistic Chem-Bio Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Dynamic micro/nano-structured surfaces play pivotal roles in biological systems and engineering applications. Despite considerable progress has been made in fabricating precisely ordered architectures, achieving controlled motion in top-down fabricated structures remain a formidable challenge. Here, we introduce an advanced dynamic micron-nano optical platform featuring hierarchical microscale wrinkles integrated with ordered nanoscale arrays. This system is fabricated through a synergistic approach combining top-down thermal nanoimprinting with a subsequent bottom-up self-winkling process, enabled by photoinduced gradient cross-linking in a graphene-doped photosensitive ionic polymer (MHan@G). The MHan@G leverages cationic-π interactions and exhibits photothermal responsiveness. Under near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation, the microwrinkled structures undergo dynamic reconfiguration, thereby inducing a concomitant and coordinated motion within the overlying nanoarray structures. This structure adaptability enables real-time, in situ control over light diffraction and reflection characteristics. By unifying the dynamic tunability of wrinkles with the precision of ordered nanostructures, our platform demonstrates a nondestructive optical modulation strategy. This approach offers potential opportunities for developing functional dynamic surfaces with applications in adaptive optics, tunable metasurfaces, and light-matter interaction engineering.
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