Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies and Key Laboratory for New Textile Materials and Applications of Hubei Province, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China
2. High-Tech Organic Fibers Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province and China, Bluestar Chengrand Co., Ltd, Chengdu, China
Abstract
Photonic crystals with bright colors have shown great potential application in bio-sensing, anti-counterfeiting, and smart wear. Different methods are used to construct photonic crystals on fabrics using different raw materials. However, building photonic crystals on fibers or fabrics with vibrant colors and good stability is still challenging. Various strategies have been used to increase the stability (e.g. wash, bend, friction stability, and so on) of the photonic crystal coatings on the fabrics or fibers. Therefore, this paper reviews great efforts to construct photonic crystal-coated materials, the methods to increase the stability of photonic crystal coatings on the fabrics, and their possible applications. The summarization of this review may lay the foundation for the construction of photonic crystals on fabrics with high color fastness and application in fabric coloring.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, Jiangshan University
State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University
Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shock and Vibration of Engineering Materials and Structures
Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Process Chemistry and Technology