Materials researched for optics

Colour-tunable CNC films

Flexible, responsive films of cellulose nanocrystals and polyethylene glycol with uniform, tunable structural colour from a chiral nematic arrangement.

Built / tested: structural colour films

As reported in: Yao, Meng, Bulone et al. (2017). Flexible and Responsive Chiral Nematic Cellulose Nanocrystal/Poly(ethylene glycol) Composite Films with Uniform and Tunable Structural Color. Advanced Materials. doi:10.1002/adma.201701323

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Perovskite lasing

Solution-processed mixed halide perovskites with high photoluminescence efficiency and optically pumped lasing.

As reported in: Deschler, Price, Pathak et al. (2014). High Photoluminescence Efficiency and Optically Pumped Lasing in Solution-Processed Mixed Halide Perovskite Semiconductors. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. doi:10.1021/jz5005285

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