Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles
Ming Xiao,Yiwen Li,Michael C. Allen,Dimitri D. Deheyn,Xiujun Yue,Jiuzhou Zhao,Nathan C. Gianneschi,Matthew D. Shawkey,Ali Dhinojwala +8 more
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The coloration mechanism of deposited films are demonstrated and it is shown that the unique optical properties of synthetic melanin nanoparticles provide advantages for structural colors over other polymeric nanoparticles (i.e., polystyrene colloidal particles).Abstract:
Structural colors arising from interactions of light with submicron scale periodic structures have been found in many species across all taxa, serving multiple biological functions including sexual signaling, camouflage, and aposema- tism. Directly inspired by the extensive use of self-assembled melanosomes to produce colors in avian feathers, we set out to synthesize and assemble poly- dopamine-based synthetic melanin nanoparticles in an effort to fabricate colored films. We have quantitatively demonstrated that synthetic melanin nanoparticles have a high refractive index and broad absorption spanning across the UVvisible range, similar to natural melanins. Utilizing a thin-film interference model, we demonstrated the coloration mechanism of deposited films and showed that the unique optical properties of synthetic melanin nanoparticles provide advantages for structural colors over other polymeric nanoparticles (i.e., polystyrene colloidal particles).read more
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