Hybrid ZnO : polystyrene nanocomposite for all-polymer photonic crystals

• Main Authors: Lova, Paola, Manfredi, Giovanni, Boarino, Luca, Laus, Michele, Urbinati, Giulia, Losco, Tonia, Marabelli, Franco, Caratto, Valentina, Ferretti, Maurizio, Castellano, Maila, Soci, Cesare, Comoretto, Davide
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Polymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106764; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25078
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report on ZnO nanoparticles-polystyrene (PS) nanocomposites (NC) engineered to modify PS matrix permeability and refractive index (n), and to fabricate 1D all-polymer photonic crystals (PC) for sensing applications. The new NC can be easily processed from solutions to prepare high quality thin fi...