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US 12,748,324 B2Granted
Method and system for multicolor photonic pigments from magneticially assembled nanorod arrays
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsYadong Yin, Zhiwei Li
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Abstract
Photonic pigments are disclosed, which include a plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into tetragonal colloidal crystals.
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Photonic pigments comprising:
- a plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into tetragonal colloidal crystals;
- a layer of nanomaterial on the plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into the tetragonal colloidal crystals, the layer of nanomaterial configured to fix the plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into the tetragonal colloidal crystals into a structural color;
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- wherein the layer of nanomaterial is selected from a group consisting of silica, TiO2, resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) resins, and polymers.
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A method of forming photonic pigments with tunable color responses, the method comprising:
- assembling a plurality of magnetic nanorods into tetragonal colloidal crystals;
- fixing the plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into the tetragonal colloidal crystals into a structural color by adding a layer of nanomaterial on the plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into the tetragonal colloidal crystals;
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- wherein selecting the layer of nanomaterial from a group consisting of silica, TiO2, resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) resins, and polymers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.