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Patterning: Nanopattern Fabrication of Gold on Hydrogels and Application to Tunable Photonic Crystal (Adv. Mater. 38/2012)
Author(s) -
Shimamoto Naonobu,
Tanaka Yoshito,
Mitomo Hideyuki,
Kawamura Ryuzo,
Ijiro Kuniharu,
Sasaki Keiji,
Osada Yoshihito
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201290231
Subject(s) - materials science , nanodot , fabrication , nanotechnology , self healing hydrogels , substrate (aquarium) , photonic crystal , structural coloration , optoelectronics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , polymer chemistry , oceanography , geology
Nanopattern fabrication of metal dots on a water‐swollen hydrogel is performed by transcribing metallic nanodots from a solid substrate to the hydrogel surface. This fabrication technique may stimulate advances in nanoscience using soft, wet matter, enabling development of new ion‐based bio‐related devices. Au nano‐dots on a hydrogel can produce iridescent color, and its spectral response can be finely modulated by controlling the nanodot spacing, as reported by Yoshihito Osada and co‐workers on page 5243 .