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Biophotonic Films: Biomimetic Polymer Film with Brilliant Brightness Using a One‐Step Water Vapor–Induced Phase Separation Method (Adv. Funct. Mater. 23/2019)
Author(s) -
Zou Weizhi,
Pattelli Lorenzo,
Guo Jing,
Yang Shijia,
Yang Meng,
Zhao Ning,
Xu Jian,
Wiersma Diederik S.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201970158
Subject(s) - materials science , superhydrophilicity , polystyrene , polymer , phase (matter) , nanotechnology , polymer science , composite material , chemical engineering , contact angle , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering
In article number 1808885 , Ning Zhao, Jian Xu, Diederik S. Wiersma, and co‐workers describe a one‐step water‐vapor induced phase separation method to fabricate highly scattering, bio‐inspired polystyrene films. Owing to their anisotropic bi‐continuous network topology, the films are free‐standing, flexible, and easily machinable while exhibiting a bright‐white reflectance, and can render superhydrophilicity to be used as real‐time optical moisture sensors.