Rapid fabrication of vivid noniridescent structural colors on fabrics with robust structural stability by screen printing

Zhou, Changjian; Qi, Yong; Zhang, Shufen; Niu, Wenbin; Ma, Wei; Wu, Shao-Yi; Tang, Bingtao

doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108226

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“…When the polymer is incorporated directly into the colloidal suspension, the absorbed polymer on the colloidal particles results in the closely packed short-range ordered structure. 86,174 Kim et al and Eu-undoped Y 2 O 3 particles. In addition, we reported a novel method to prepare APCs with noniridescent structural colors by assembling colloidal particles in less-polar dispersant.…”

Section: Assembly Of Low-charged Particlesmentioning

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Self-assembly of colloidal particles into amorphous photonic crystals

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Yang

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Mater. Adv.

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“…38 Zhang et al printed non-iridescent structural colors and structurally stable patterns of APCs on fabric with a rapid screen printing technique. 174 In addition, our group printed structural color patterns of APCs with multicolor vivid non-iridescent colors by hand-painting and spraying methods (Fig . 10g).…”

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Self-assembly of colloidal particles into amorphous photonic crystals

Zhang

Yang

et al. 2021

Mater. Adv.

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“…Recently, some approaches have been applied to color fabrics with structural color materials. − Among them, the most commonly applied method is forming a close-packed photonic crystal (PC) − structure or an amorphous photonic structure (APS) − on the surface of fabrics using polystyrene (PS), SiO 2 , and other low-refractive-index spheres ( n < 1.6) as a building block. Large-area structural colored fabrics were prepared by assembling PS spheres into ordered PCs on the surface of fabrics .…”

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Structural Colored Fabrics with Brilliant Colors, Low Angle Dependence, and High Color Fastness Based on the Mie Scattering of Cu₂O Spheres

Han

Zhang

et al. 2021

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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Compared with conventional textile coloring with dyes and pigments, structural colored fabrics have attracted broad attention due to the advantages of eco-friendliness, brilliant colors, and anti-fading properties. The most investigated structural color on fabrics is originated from a band gap of multilayered photonic crystals or amorphous photonic structures. However, limited by the nature of the color generation mechanism and a multilayered structure, it is challenging to achieve structural colored fabrics with brilliant noniridescent colors and high fastness. Here, we propose an alternative strategy for coloring a fabric based on the scattering of Cu2O single-crystal spheres. The disordered Cu2O thin layers (<0.6 μm) on the surface of fabrics were prepared by a spraying method, which can generate vivid noniridescent structural color due to the strong Mie scattering of Cu2O single-crystal spheres. Importantly, the great mechanical stability of the structural color was realized by firmly binding Cu2O spheres to the fabric using a commercial binder. The structural color can be tuned by changing the diameter of Cu2O spheres. Furthermore, complex patterns can be easily obtained by spray coating Cu2O spheres with different particle sizes using a mask. According to color fastness test standards, the dry rubbing, wet rubbing, and light fastness of the structural color on fabric can reach level 5, level 4, and level 6, respectively, which is sufficient to resist rubbing, photobleaching, washing, rinsing, kneading, stretching, and other external mechanical forces. This coloring method may carve a practical avenue in textile coloring and has potentials in other practical applications of structural color.

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“…Since noniridescent structural colors prepared by spray coating method are relatively pale and whitish compared to those generated from PCFs due to the strong incoherent scattering that dilutes the light from photonic bandgap [ 36 ], black substances (GO or RGO) with light scattering absorbing ability are introduced in colloidal nanoparticle suspension to improve the color saturation and contrast. Figure 5 a1,a2 shows the nanostructures of kraft paper having many openings, holes with large surface contact area, and intrinsic hydrophilicity of cellulosic component are conducive to infiltration of sprayed PSPs and rapid evaporation of water medium during spray coating process.…”

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Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Enhanced Noniridescent Structural Colors Based on Silica Photonic Spray Paints with Improved Mechanical Robustness

Lee

Kan

2021

Nanomaterials

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In contrast to traditional pigment colors, structural colors have developed a great potential in practical applications, thanks to their unique nonfading and color tunable properties; especially amorphous photonic structures with noniridescent structural colors have attracted considerable attention and their applications have expanded to more fields. Herein, graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) enhanced noniridescent structural colors with excellent mechanical robustness were established by a time-saving approach named spray coating, which allows for rapid fabrication of angular independent structural colors by spraying different photonic spray paints (PSPs) to ensure color multiplicity that was adjusted by the silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) sizes onto the substrates. The incorporation of poly(methyl methacrylate-butyl acrylate) (PMB) improved the adhesion existing among SiO2 inter-nanoparticles and between SiO2 NPs and the substrates, taking advantages of the low glass transition temperature (Tg) of butyl acrylate derivative polymer and made PMB embedded PSPs coated patterns being imparted with good mechanical robustness and abrasive resistance. The peculiar light adsorption of GO and RGO across visible light spectrum facilitate higher color saturation. The improvement in color saturation of GO and RGO doped PSPs is expected to boost the promising applications in structurally colored paintings, inks and other color-related optical fields.

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Rapid fabrication of vivid noniridescent structural colors on fabrics with robust structural stability by screen printing

Cited by 56 publications

References 44 publications

Self-assembly of colloidal particles into amorphous photonic crystals

Self-assembly of colloidal particles into amorphous photonic crystals

Structural Colored Fabrics with Brilliant Colors, Low Angle Dependence, and High Color Fastness Based on the Mie Scattering of Cu₂O Spheres

Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Enhanced Noniridescent Structural Colors Based on Silica Photonic Spray Paints with Improved Mechanical Robustness

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Rapid fabrication of vivid noniridescent structural colors on fabrics with robust structural stability by screen printing

Cited by 56 publications

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Self-assembly of colloidal particles into amorphous photonic crystals

Self-assembly of colloidal particles into amorphous photonic crystals

Structural Colored Fabrics with Brilliant Colors, Low Angle Dependence, and High Color Fastness Based on the Mie Scattering of Cu2O Spheres

Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Enhanced Noniridescent Structural Colors Based on Silica Photonic Spray Paints with Improved Mechanical Robustness

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Structural Colored Fabrics with Brilliant Colors, Low Angle Dependence, and High Color Fastness Based on the Mie Scattering of Cu₂O Spheres