Scalable, ultra-resistant structural colors based on network metamaterials

Henning Galinski; Gael Favraud; Hao Dong; Juan S Totero Gongora; Grégory Favaro; Max Döbeli; Ralph Spolenak; Andrea Fratalocchi; Federico Capasso

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.233

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Scalable, ultra-resistant structural colors based on network metamaterials

Original Articles

- Scalable, ultra-resistant structural colors based on network metamaterials
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 6, Issue 2, (2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge 02138, USA
  2.Laboratory for Nanometallurgy, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
  3.PRIMALIGHT, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
  4.Anton Paar TriTec SA, Peseux CH-2034, Switzerland
  5.Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zurich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
- Author bio：
  
  A Fratalocchi, Email: andrea.fratalocchi@kaust.edu.sa
  F Capasso, Email: capasso@seas.harvard.edu
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.233
  CLC：
- Published：2017-06，
  
  Published Online：27 September 2016，
  
  Received：19 April 2016，
  
  Revised：20 September 2016，
  
  Accepted：25 September 2016
- Accepted：
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Galinski, H. et al. Scalable, ultra-resistant structural colors based on network metamaterials. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16233 (2017).
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Galinski, H. et al. Scalable, ultra-resistant structural colors based on network metamaterials. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16233 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.233.

摘要

Abstract

Structural colors have drawn wide attention for their potential as a future printing technology for various applications

ranging from biomimetic tissues to adaptive camouflage materials. However

an efficient approach to realize robust colors with a scalable fabrication technique is still lacking

hampering the realization of practical applications with this platform. Here

we develop a new approach based on large-scale network metamaterials that combine dealloyed subwavelength structures at the nanoscale with lossless

ultra-thin dielectric coatings. By using theory and experiments

we show how subwavelength dielectric coatings control a mechanism of resonant light coupling with epsilon-near-zero regions generated in the metallic network

generating the formation of saturated structural colors that cover a wide portion of the spectrum. Ellipsometry measurements support the efficient observation of these colors

even at angles of 70°. The network-like architecture of these nanomaterials allows for high mechanical resistance

which is quantified in a series of nano-scratch tests. With such remarkable properties

these metastructures represent a robust design technology for real-world

large-scale commercial applications.

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nanophotonicsplasmonicsstructural colors

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