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Controlling Thermochromism in a Photonic Block Copolymer Gel

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Author(s)

Joseph J. Walish, Yin Fan , Andrea Centrone, Edwin L. Thomas

Abstract

Controlling the color via temperature-induced changes of self-assembled photonic materials is important for their application in sensors and displays. The thermochromic behavior of a PS-P2VP photonic gel was studied (UV-VIS, FTIR) and found to originate from a temperature-induced change in the pKa of the P2VP blocks in different acetic acid-water solutions. Control of the thermochromic response was obtained through the manipulation of the solution pH.
Citation
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume
33
Issue
18

Keywords

Thermochromic Materials, Block Copolymers, Infrared Spectroscopy

Citation

Walish, J. , Fan, Y. , Centrone, A. and Thomas, E. (2012), Controlling Thermochromism in a Photonic Block Copolymer Gel, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910499 (Accessed October 31, 2024)

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Created September 25, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021