Photochemical switching of photonic band gap by photoalignment of azo-polymer liquid crystal infiltrated in inverse opal structure

Masaki Moritsugu, Sun Nam Kim, Tomonari Ogata, Takamasa Nonaka, Seiji Kurihara, Shoichi Kubo, Osamu Sato

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Abstract

Photonic crystals having a three dimensional periodic structure have attracted much attention from both fundamental and practical points of view, because of their unique properties in controlling the propagation of light. In this work SiO 2 inverse opal films having a three dimensional periodic structure infiltrated azo-polymer liquid crystal were fabricated. Their Bragg reflection band could be reversibly shifted by photoalignment of azobenzene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1372
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event54th SPSJ Annual Meeting 2005 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: May 25 2005May 27 2005

Other

Other54th SPSJ Annual Meeting 2005
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period5/25/055/27/05

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering(all)

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