Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics
Abstract Structurally colored fibers are attractive alternatives to chemically colored fibers due to their rich optical properties, color stability, and environmental friendliness. However, the fabrication of structurally colored fibers using cost‐effective raw materials with the possibility to scal...
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| description | Abstract Structurally colored fibers are attractive alternatives to chemically colored fibers due to their rich optical properties, color stability, and environmental friendliness. However, the fabrication of structurally colored fibers using cost‐effective raw materials with the possibility to scale up remains challenging. Here, a simple and scalable approach is developed to fabricate continuous meter‐long structurally colored fibers exhibiting brilliant structural colors across the visible spectrum and helix orientation‐dependent polarization states. The fibers are fabricated by extrusion of concentrated aqueous solutions of chemically crosslinked hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC). The wavelengths and polarization states can be tuned by solution concentration, relaxation time, and collector's surface energy. The HPC‐based structurally colored fibers display excellent optical stability to mechanical straining, repeated drying/water impregnation, and prolonged heating at 150 °C. It is demonstrated that the HPC‐based structurally colored fibers can be woven into structurally colored fabrics with wavelength‐ and polarization‐coded optical patterns. The current work presents a strategy to tune the chiral nematic order, which constitutes an important step toward mass production of structurally colored fibers with stable and rich optical properties using easily available raw materials. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71d001c6d29a424bacd6d49669d9d2122025-08-20T02:50:00ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442024-12-011146n/an/a10.1002/advs.202404761Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced FabricsQinan Qin0Yan Xu1State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. ChinaState Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. ChinaAbstract Structurally colored fibers are attractive alternatives to chemically colored fibers due to their rich optical properties, color stability, and environmental friendliness. However, the fabrication of structurally colored fibers using cost‐effective raw materials with the possibility to scale up remains challenging. Here, a simple and scalable approach is developed to fabricate continuous meter‐long structurally colored fibers exhibiting brilliant structural colors across the visible spectrum and helix orientation‐dependent polarization states. The fibers are fabricated by extrusion of concentrated aqueous solutions of chemically crosslinked hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC). The wavelengths and polarization states can be tuned by solution concentration, relaxation time, and collector's surface energy. The HPC‐based structurally colored fibers display excellent optical stability to mechanical straining, repeated drying/water impregnation, and prolonged heating at 150 °C. It is demonstrated that the HPC‐based structurally colored fibers can be woven into structurally colored fabrics with wavelength‐ and polarization‐coded optical patterns. The current work presents a strategy to tune the chiral nematic order, which constitutes an important step toward mass production of structurally colored fibers with stable and rich optical properties using easily available raw materials.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202404761hydroxypropyl celluloseoptical patterningstructurally colored fabricsstructurally colored fiberstunable optical properties |
| spellingShingle | Qinan Qin Yan Xu Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics Advanced Science hydroxypropyl cellulose optical patterning structurally colored fabrics structurally colored fibers tunable optical properties |
| title | Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics |
| title_full | Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics |
| title_fullStr | Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics |
| title_short | Hydroxypropyl Cellulose‐Based Meter‐Long Structurally Colored Fibers for Advanced Fabrics |
| title_sort | hydroxypropyl cellulose based meter long structurally colored fibers for advanced fabrics |
| topic | hydroxypropyl cellulose optical patterning structurally colored fabrics structurally colored fibers tunable optical properties |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202404761 |
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