Bioinspired hierarchical disordered photonic material

Disordered photonic structures make interesting optical properties, such as structural colors in bird feathers or super whiteness in beetle scales. To manipulate the disordered structures in synthetic systems, we combine polymer physics, polymer chemistry, optics, colloidal interface and biomimetic to study the hierarchical disordered photonic materials. There are mainly three thrusts:

(1) Control the hierarchical degree of order in disordered photonic materials and explore how it affects the optical properties;

(2) Develop eco-friendly fabrication technologies to make disordered photonic materials with structural colors;

(3) Expand the application of disordered photonic materials in various scenarios such as thermal management, UV filtering, military anti-counterfeit and dynamic display.