反蛋白石光子晶体凝胶的pH响应

首先采用Stber方法制备了一系列亚微米级单分散二氧化硅小球,而后通过垂直沉降自组装方法制备了颜色鲜艳的二氧化硅三维有序结构胶体晶体模板,最后再采用模板聚合法在220 nm二氧化硅小球自组装的阵列间隙中共聚甲基丙烯酸和乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯,经氢氟酸刻蚀二氧化硅模板后得到多孔有序的反蛋白石光子晶体.当pH值从5升至8时,反蛋白石凝胶光子晶体的反射峰波长从514 nm移动至590 nm,颜色变化显著,从蓝绿色变成红色,突变点为pH=6.5,而且pH响应在100 s左右即可达到平衡.对交联剂用量的研究结果表明,随着交联剂乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯用量从4%增加到16%,光子晶体响应pH时的红移量减小.     

二氧化钛反蛋白石薄膜的制备及其在化学传感器中的应用

用提拉成膜法将单分散295 nm聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)胶体微球自组装成蛋白石光子晶体膜. 在PMMA蛋白石光子晶体膜的空隙里填充15 nm二氧化钛纳米颗粒, 经500 ℃的处理除去PMMA膜板, 制备出大面积, 结构均一的二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体膜. 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察和X射线光电能谱(XPS)分析表明, 这种二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体薄膜是六方紧密堆积. 用这种二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体膜对溶液折射率的检测实验表明该传感膜分辨率可达0.01.     

葡萄糖检测用分子印迹光子晶体的研究

基于快速、持续、无创检测技术在血糖监测领域的重要性,以聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯微球阵列为光子晶体制孔模板,以葡萄糖为印迹模板,N-异丙基丙烯酰胺和甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯为混合单体,4-乙烯基苯硼酸为识别基,N,N-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,在制孔模板间隙进行共价型分子印迹聚合,除去制孔模板后,制得具有规整孔结构的新型光学凝胶材料--...     

P(HEMA-co-AM)胶体晶体膜的制备及其性能

将聚苯乙烯胶体晶体嵌入丙烯酰胺(AM)与甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEMA)的交联共聚膜中,制备了共聚物P(AM-co-HEMA)胶体晶体膜.研究了单体配比及交联剂N,N'-亚甲基双(丙烯酰胺)(MBA)对胶体晶体膜的光子带隙峰位置、拉伸强度和断裂伸长率的影响.结果表明:当n(HEMA)/n(AM)≤2.33时,光子带隙峰较明...     

水相分子印迹光子晶体水凝胶传感器检测尿液中的痕量吗啡

结合水相分子印迹和光子晶体技术构建了吗啡分子印迹光子晶体水凝胶传感器,并成功用于生物样品中痕量吗啡的筛查.以吗啡为印迹模板,甲基丙烯酸为单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸甲酯为交联剂,填充至二氧化硅光子晶体模板孔隙中进行共价型分子印迹聚合,在1％ HF溶液中除去光子晶体模板,并洗脱印迹模板分子,即可得到具有目标分子传感功能的分子印迹光子晶体水凝胶传感器.此传感器在水相环境中对吗啡分子的识别能力良好,可以在不需要标记的情况下,将目标分子的识别转变为衍射峰的位移,该光学信号通过传感器颜色的变化表现出来,吗啡浓度由10 pg/mL增加到1μg/mL过程中,衍射峰最大偏移达到38 nm,并且抗干扰能力强,检出限为0.1 μg/L,响应时间为40 s,可以重复使用.此检测平台不需要对样品进行处理,便可准确、灵敏、快速地检测复杂样品中的目标分析物.     

苯胺分子印迹光子晶体水凝胶传感器的研究

基于分子印迹与光子晶体技术,制备了一种高灵敏、特异性好的苯胺水凝胶光学传感器。以Stober法制作的SiO_2微球作为三维光子晶体模板,苯胺为印迹分子,甲基丙烯酸为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸甲酯为交联剂,2,2-偶氮二异丁腈为光引发剂,在紫外光下引发聚合,并在三氯甲烷(加入适量乙醇)中洗脱印迹分子,最终得到具有对苯胺分子有传感功能的分子印迹光子晶体水凝胶传感器。实验结果表明,该传感器对苯胺分子具有良好的识别能力,当苯胺的浓度从0增加到1×10~(-4)mol/L时,通过光谱仪检测出的吸收峰偏移了42 nm。此外,该传感器在苯胺的结构类似物甲基苯胺的缓冲液的响应位移明显较小,表明该传感器具有良好的选择性。     

糖蛋白印迹二维光子晶体水凝胶传感器的构建

制备了一种特异性识别糖蛋白的二维光子晶体分子印迹水凝胶。以刀豆蛋白A(Con A)为模板分子,甲叉双丙烯酰胺(MBA)为交联剂,丙烯酰胺(AAm)与4-乙烯基苯硼酸为功能单体,N,N,N′,N′-四甲基乙二胺(TEMED)为引发剂,过硫酸铵(APS)为催化剂,在聚苯乙烯二维光子晶体(PC)表面产生聚合反应形成水凝胶,接着用10%的乙酸溶液洗脱模板分子,制备了可对Con A特异性识别的二维光子晶体分子印迹水凝胶(MIPs)传感器。结果表明,当MIPs的交联度为10%时,德拜环的直径变化最显著,对目标物的识别最灵敏。该传感器对Con A在0~0.5 mg/mL范围内具有良好的响应与识别能力,可用于目标物的富集和即时检测。同时,苯硼酸的引入,增加了印迹空穴的识别位点,进一步改善了印迹材料对糖类分子的特异识别性。该水凝胶传感器在卵清白蛋白(OVA)、牛血红蛋白(BHb)、溶菌酶(Lyz)、胰蛋白酶(Try)溶液中德拜环的直径变化远小于识别相同浓度的Con A引起的德拜环直径的变化,表现出良好的选择性。该方法操作简单,成本低廉,可重复使用,不需特殊仪器设备,可拓展到其它糖蛋白,实现糖类目标蛋白的即时快速检测。     

乙基膦酸分子印迹光子晶体传感器的研究

本研究结合光子晶体与分子印迹技术,制备了一种新颖有机磷毒剂光学传感器——三维分子印迹光子晶体(3D-MIPCs)凝胶膜.采用聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯胶体小球为光子晶体自组装阵列模板,以甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯和N-异丙基丙烯酰胺为混合单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯和N,N-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为混合交联剂,正辛醇和乙腈混合溶液为溶剂,光聚得到印迹聚合物.该材料对乙基膦酸响应速度快、选择性高,其对目标分子的识别作用会导致衍射光谱图的改变.随着在EPA浓度从0.5 mmol/L增加到1.5 mmol/L的过程中,反射峰强度逐渐降低,降幅达到10％,并伴随明显红移.该材料为乙基膦酸检测提供了新的思路,在神经毒剂检测及监控等领域有应用前景.     

镉离子响应性凝胶光子晶体传感膜的构建

将光子晶体与响应性水凝胶结合,采用“三明治”填充方法,以聚苯乙烯（PS）胶体晶体为模板,丙烯酰胺和烯丙基硫脲为单体制备得到一种对镉离子具有特异响应性的凝胶光子晶体传感膜,并对其进行了形貌表征和响应性研究。结果表明,该传感膜具有排列整齐的反蛋白石结构,可对不同浓度的Cd²⁺输出不同的光学信号。随着Cd²⁺浓度的增大,传感膜的Bragg衍射峰发生蓝移,并伴随有显著的颜色变化。在最优配比,适宜pH和离子强度条件下,衍射峰的最大位移值可达51.1 nm。在研究过程中发现其他干扰金属离子的存在不会影响传感膜对Cd²⁺的特异性响应,并且表现出了较快的响应速度。在多次循环实验中传感膜由于具备高度交联结构而表现出了良好的机械性和化学稳定性。该传感膜的构建为Cd²⁺的快速高效及裸眼可视检测提供了可能性。     

三联噻吩衍生物功能化SiO2反蛋白石光子晶体荧光薄膜的制备及应用

将单分散聚苯乙烯微球乳液与SiO₂溶胶均匀混合后, 于恒温恒湿条件下, 竖直沉积共组装制备得到蛋白石型光子晶体薄膜, 然后利用牺牲模板法制得SiO₂反蛋白石光子晶体薄膜. 该薄膜依次经过浓硫酸与过氧化氢混合液、 3-氨丙基三甲氧基硅烷的甲苯溶液、 三联噻吩的三氯甲烷溶液和硼氢化钠的甲醇溶液处理后, 得到三联噻吩衍生物功能化的SiO₂反蛋白石光子晶体. 结果表明, 制备得到的光子晶体薄膜在512 nm处有荧光发射, 经紫外辐射后荧光猝灭, 甲醛气氛下458 nm处又出现新的荧光发射峰. 在甲醛气氛下20 s即可观察到荧光发射, 空气氛围下可恢复, 10次循环仍可保持强的荧光发射, 可重复性良好. 以无反蛋白石光子晶体结构的三联噻吩衍生物的平滑膜与甲醛作用的体系作为参比, 以330和400 nm聚苯乙烯微球为模板制备的三联噻吩功能化反蛋白石光子晶体, 在甲醛气氛中发射的荧光分别增强47.5和78.6倍. 这是由于光子晶体光子禁带的红带边和蓝带边与荧光发射波长相重叠, 产生了慢光子效应, 极大地增强了发射的荧光强度.     

pH sensor based on polyaniline and aniline–anthranilic acid copolymer films using quartz crystal microbalance and electronic absorption spectroscopy

The pH sensitivity based on conducting polyaniline (PANI) and copolymer of aniline and o‐anthranilic acid (AA) films were studied using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The sensor was constructed from these polymer films coated on the electrode of the QCM. The resonant frequency changes as a function of pH in the range of 2–12 were measured. These changes are quantitative indication of the degree of dedoping or redoping of the polymer films upon the subsequent exposure of the electrode to 0.25 M sulfuric acid and different pH solutions. There are two linear regressions between the frequency change and pH with two different and opposite slopes in the regions from 2 to 9 and 9 to 12. The pH sensitivity of the copolymer film was found to be less than using the PANI film. Thin films of PANI and copolymer, which were chemically polymerized in a sulfuric acid solution, were deposited onto the inner walls of the quartz cuvettes. The UV–Vis absorption spectra of these films were measured in different pH solutions. Relations between the maximum absorption and its wavelength versus pH were constructed. The copolymer film shows some advantages over the PANI film. The difference between the PANI and copolymer films as pH sensors using the QCM and electronic absorption extends from the determination of pK_a for both films. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Functional Materials from Cellulose‐Derived Liquid‐Crystal Templates

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), known for more than 50 years, have attracted attention because of their unique properties such as high specific strength and modulus, high surface area, and fascinating optical properties. Just recently, however, their potential in supramolecular templating was identified by making use of their self‐assembly behavior in aqueous dispersions in the presence of compatible precursors. The combination of the mesoporosity, photonic properties, and chiral nematic order of the materials, which are available as freestanding films, has led to a significant number of interesting and promising discoveries towards new functional materials. This Review summarizes the use of cellulose derivatives, especially CNCs, as novel templates and gives an overview of the recent developments toward new functional materials.     

化学响应性光子晶体

光子晶体是一种具有光子带隙结构的周期性电介质材料,如果将响应性材料组装到光子晶体结构中,所形成的光子晶体的带隙结构则对外界环境的变化具有响应性,而被称为响应性光子晶体。响应性光子晶体作为光子晶体的一个新领域,由于其在传感器,生物医学,临床检测等方面的潜在应用,近几年受到广泛关注。根据外界环境的不同,响应性光子晶体可简单分为化学响应性光子晶体、物理响应性光子晶体和生物响应性光子晶体等。本文将对化学响应性光子晶体的国内外研究动态做一简要介绍,重点介绍以下五种化学响应性光子晶体:金属离子响应光子晶体、pH响应光子晶体、氧化还原响应光子晶体、葡萄糖响应光子晶体和光化学响应光子晶体。     

Polymeric One‐Dimensional Photonic Crystals by Continuous Coextrusion

It is shown that narrowband one‐dimensional photonic crystals can be fabricated from polymeric materials using laboratory scale layer‐multiplying coextrusion technology. The tuning of the photonic bandgap is demonstrated with films that selectively filter different regions of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. The layer uniformity of the photonic crystals is evaluated by comparing the measured UV‐vis transmission spectra with model simulations, and is independently confirmed with atomic force microscopy. Assemblies of alternating polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) layers exhibit a narrow reflection band with close to 100% reflection in good agreement with the prediction for uniform layers. The flexibility of the process is demonstrated by the fabrication of elastomeric one‐dimensional photonic crystals. It is anticipated that this technology will enable the rapid and facile realization of new polymeric optical devices.

     

Templated‐Assembly of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals into 2D Photonic Supercrystals with Amplified Spontaneous Emission

Perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have revolutionized optoelectronic devices because of their versatile optical properties. However, controlling and extending these functionalities often requires a light‐management strategy involving additional processing steps. Herein, we introduce a simple approach to shape perovskite nanocrystals (NC) into photonic architectures that provide light management by directly shaping the active material. Pre‐patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) templates are used for the template‐induced self‐assembly of 10 nm CsPbBr₃ perovskite NC colloids into large area (1 cm²) 2D photonic crystals with tunable lattice spacing, ranging from 400 nm up to several microns. The photonic crystal arrangement facilitates efficient light coupling to the nanocrystal layer, thereby increasing the electric field intensity within the perovskite film. As a result, CsPbBr₃ 2D photonic crystals show amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) under lower optical excitation fluences in the near‐IR, in contrast to equivalent flat NC films prepared using the same colloidal ink. This improvement is attributed to the enhanced multi‐photon absorption caused by light trapping in the photonic crystal.     

Multistate/multifunctional behaviour of 4'-hydroxy-6-nitroflavylium: a write-lock/read/unlock/enable-erase/erase cycle driven by light and pH stimulation

We have investigated the network of reactions observed for the photochromic 4'-hydroxy-6-nitroflavylium compound in aqueous solutions upon pH changes (including pH jump and stopped flow experiments) and light excitation. The changes observed in the NMR and UV/Vis spectra allowed identification of ten different forms in which this compound can be transformed depending on the experimental conditions. Equilibrium and kinetic constants have been determined. Compared with other members of the flavylium family, 4'-hydroxy-6-nitroflavylium is characterized by a large cis-->trans isomerization barrier, and a very efficient hydration reaction. These peculiar features allow writing, reading, storing and erasing photonic information on 4'-hydroxy-6-nitroflavylium by a novel cyclic process that involves the following steps: write-lock/read/unlock/enable-erase/erase.     

三维光子晶体的制备

三维光子晶体作为一种光子带隙材料在光学器件、化学生物传感以及信息传输和存储等方面具有广泛的潜在应用价值。自1987年三维光子晶体的概念被提出以来,科学家们一直致力于在实验室用不同的手段合成不同材料和不同结构的光子晶体。本文综述了近年来出现的一些三维光子晶体制备方法,大致分为3类：“自上而下法”（top-down method）、“自下而上法”（bottom-up method）和模板辅助法（template-assisted method）,并详细阐述了每种方法的代表性工作、适用范围以及各自的优缺点。     

Utilizing Stretch‐Tunable Thermochromic Elastomeric Opal Films as Novel Reversible Switchable Photonic Materials

In this work, the preparation of highly thermoresponsive and fully reversible stretch‐tunable elastomeric opal films featuring switchable structural colors is reported. Novel particle architectures based on poly(diethylene glycol methylether methacrylate‐co‐ethyl acrylate) (PDEGMEMA‐co‐PEA) as shell polymer are synthesized via seeded and stepwise emulsion polymerization protocols. The use of DEGMEMA as comonomer and herein established synthetic strategies leads to monodisperse soft shell particles, which can be directly processed to opal films by using the feasible melt‐shear organization technique. Subsequent UV crosslinking strategies open access to mechanically stable and homogeneous elastomeric opal films. The structural colors of the opal films feature mechano‐ and thermoresponsiveness, which is found to be fully reversible. Optical characterization shows that the combination of both stimuli provokes a photonic bandgap shift of more than 50 nm from 560 nm in the stretched state to 611 nm in the fully swollen state. In addition, versatile colorful patterns onto the colloidal crystal structure are produced by spatial UV‐induced crosslinking by using a photomask. This facile approach enables the generation of spatially cross‐linked switchable opal films with fascinating optical properties. Herein described strategies for the preparation of PDEGMEMA‐containing colloidal architectures, application of the melt‐shear ordering technique, and patterned crosslinking of the final opal films open access to novel stimuli‐responsive colloidal crystal films, which are expected to be promising materials in the field of security and sensing applications.

     

Reconfigurable Photonic Capsules Containing Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Planar Alignment

Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) reflect selected wavelengths of light owing to their periodic helical structures. The encapsulation of CLCs leads to photonic devices that can be easily processed and might be used as stand‐alone microsensors. However, when CLCs are enclosed by polymeric membranes, they usually lose their planar alignment, leading to a deterioration of the optical performance. A microfluidics approach was employed to integrate an ultrathin alignment layer into microcapsules to separate the CLC core and the elastomeric solid membrane using triple‐emulsion drops as the templates. The thinness of the alignment layer provides high lubrication resistance, preserving the layer integrity during elastic deformation of the membrane. The CLCs in the microcapsules can thus maintain their planar alignment, rendering the shape and optical properties highly reconfigurable.