Centrifugation‐Mediated Crystal Growth of Attractive Colloids for Band Edge Lasing

Author:

Jung Yongseok1,Park Sanghyuk1,Lee Sang Seok2,Kim Shin‐Hyun1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea

2. Functional Composite Materials Research Center Institute of Advanced Composite Materials Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Jeonbuk 55324 Republic of Korea

Abstract

AbstractAttractive depletion interactions are utilized to organize colloidal particles into crystalline arrays with high crystallinity through spontaneous phase separation. However, uncontrolled nucleation frequently leads to the formation of crystalline grains with varied crystal orientations, which hampers the optical performance of photonic crystals. Here, colloidal crystals have been engineered with uniform orientation and high surface coverage by applying centrifugal force during the depletion‐induced assembly of polystyrene particles. The centrifugal force encourages the particles to move toward the bottom surface, which fosters heterogeneous nucleation and supports rapid crystal growth, yielding densely‐packed and uniformly‐arranged crystal grains with high reflectivity. This study has observed that the nucleation and crystal growth behavior is significantly influenced by the salt concentration. Based on the pair potentials, the transition boundary has been quantitatively analyzed between fluid and crystal phases and identified the threshold for homogeneous nucleation. Utilizing the high‐reflectivity colloidal crystals, band‐edge lasing is achieved by dissolving the water‐soluble dye into the aqueous suspensions. Upon optical excitation, a lasing emission characterized is observed by a narrow spectral width at the short‐wavelength band edge. Notably, the laser wavelength can be adjusted by altering the salt concentration or particle diameter, offering a versatile approach to tuning the optical properties.

Funder

National Research Foundation of Korea

Publisher

Wiley

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