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Structural Color and the Lotus Effect†

  1. Zhong-Ze Gu Prof. Dr.1,2,
  2. Hiroshi Uetsuka Dr.1,
  3. Kazuyuki Takahashi1,
  4. Rie Nakajima1,
  5. Hiroshi Onishi Dr.1,
  6. Akira Fujishima Prof. Dr.3,
  7. Osamu Sato Dr.1

Article first published online: 21 FEB 2003

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200390235

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 42, Issue 8, pages 894–897, February 24, 2003

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Gu, Z.-Z., Uetsuka, H., Takahashi, K., Nakajima, R., Onishi, H., Fujishima, A. and Sato, O. (2003), Structural Color and the Lotus Effect. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 42: 894–897. doi: 10.1002/anie.200390235

Author Information

  1. 1

    Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP Bldg. East 412, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 213-0012, Japan, Fax: (+81) 44-819-2070

  2. 2

    National Laboratory of Molecular and Biomolecular Electronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

  3. 3

    Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8565, Japan

  1. †

    This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (417) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Japanese Government. Z.-Z.G. also thanks the Research Foundation (60228002) of the National Nature Science Foundation of China.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 FEB 2003
  2. Article first published online: 21 FEB 2003
  3. Manuscript Received: 17 SEP 2002

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Keywords:

  • colloids;
  • nanostructures;
  • self-assembly;
  • structural color;
  • wettability
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Dry and bright: To mimic the wings of the displayed Morpho butterfly, a new decorative material that exhibits both structural color and superhydrophobicity (the “lotus effect”) was developed by taking advantage of the unique structural properties of an inverse opal film, which was fabricated by the self-assembly of polystyrene spheres and silica nanoparticles.

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