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Robust and flexible free-standing polyimide/SiOx nanocomposite one-dimensional photonic crystals with high reflectance

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Flexible free-standing one-dimensional photonic crystals (1DPCs) have attracted tremendous attentions owing to the simplest structure and promising applications in various fields. However, that most of flexible 1DPCs need dozens of stacks to achieve excellent optical properties and weak robustness in extreme environments hinder their practical applications. Herein, we prepare a series of robust, flexible free-standing polyimide (PI)/SiOx nanocomposite 1DPCs by solution process. Inorganic SiOx with low refractive index (n) is derived from the precursor perhydropolysilazane (PHPS) while the super-engineering plastic PI is served as the high-refractive-index constitution. Thanks to the high refractive index contrast (Δn) and uniform micromorphology of both materials, vivid PI/SiOx 1DPCs with tunable photonic bandgap are obtained and the reflectance is high up to 97% within only 9 layers. Due to the intrinsic properties and covalent binding between PI and SiOx layers, the free-standing nanocomposite remains stable in the wide range of – 196–200 °C and has no degradation of optical performance after bending deformation for 500 times. Additionally, PI/SiOx 1DPCs show great resistance to organic solvent, acid solution and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Therefore, it is envisioned that the flexible free-standing PI/SiOx 1DPCs have great potential for applications in harsh environment.

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This work was supported by Youth Innovation Promotion Association Chinese Academy of Sciences. The authors thank Prof. B. G. from Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences for the assistance of FIB-SEM images.

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  2. CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology On High-Tech Polymer Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China

    Xiang Guo, Lei Zhai, Caihong Xu & Zongbo Zhang

  3. Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China

    Florian Vogelbacher & Mingzhu Li

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XJ contributed to investigation, data curation, formal analysis, methodology, visualization and writing-original draft. XG contributed to visualization and validation. LZ contributed to methodology. FV contributed to methodology. YX contributed to validation, writing-review & editing. ML contributed to conceptualization and methodology. CX contributed to validation. ZZ contributed to conceptualization, supervision, funding acquisition and writing-review & editing.

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Jin, X., Guo, X., Zhai, L. et al. Robust and flexible free-standing polyimide/SiOx nanocomposite one-dimensional photonic crystals with high reflectance. J Mater Sci 58, 1656–1669 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-08136-1

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