Erdem, T;
Yang, L;
Xu, P;
Altintas, Y;
O'Neil, T;
Caciagli, A;
Ducati, C;
... Eiser, E; + view all
(2020)
Transparent Films Made of Highly Scattering Particles.
Langmuir
, 36
(4)
pp. 911-918.
10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01014.
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Abstract
Today, colloids are widely employed in various products from creams and coatings to electronics. The ability to control their chemical, optical, or electronic features by controlling their size and shape explains why these materials are so widely preferred. Nevertheless, altering some of these properties may also lead to some undesired side effects, one of which is an increase in optical scattering upon concentration. Here, we address this strong scattering issue in films made of binary colloidal suspensions. In particular, we focus on raspberry-type polymeric particles made of a spherical polystyrene core decorated by small hemispherical domains of acrylate with an overall positive charge, which display an unusual stability against aggregation in aqueous solutions. Their solid films display a brilliant red color due to Bragg scattering but appear completely white on account of strong scattering otherwise. To suppress the scattering and induce transparency, we prepared films by hybridizing them with oppositely charged PS particles with a size similar to that of the bumps on the raspberries. We report that the smaller PS particles prevent raspberry particle aggregation in solid films and suppress scattering by decreasing the spatial variation of the refractive index inside the film. We believe that the results presented here provide a simple strategy to suppress strong scattering of larger particles to be used in optical coatings.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Transparent Films Made of Highly Scattering Particles |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01014 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01014 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Quantum dots, Nanoparticles, Surface roughness, Scattering, Optical properties |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099451 |
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