KR20130051231A - Method for producing photonic crystal solution and photonic crystal film using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of a photo-crystalline solution is provided to provide a photo-crystalline solution with a dominant Bragg reflection color by effectively absorbing colors. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of a photo-crystalline solution comprises a step of preparing a carbon nanotubes dispersion liquid by dispersing carbon nanotubes with functional groups on the surface thereof, into a solvent; a step of manufacturing a uniform-sized polymer particle dispersion liquid; and a step of mixing the carbon nanotube dispersions liquid and polymer particle dispersion liquid to obtain a mixed dispersion liquid. The carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer dispersion liquid are mixed with a volume ratio of 1:0.01-1:10. The polymer particle is a polystyrene particle or a polymethyl methacrylate particle.

Description

Method for producing photonic crystal solution and photonic crystal film manufactured using same

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a photonic crystal solution and a photonic crystal film produced using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for preparing a photonic crystal solution in which the Bragg reflection color due to the crystal structure of particles is prominent, and a photonic crystal film produced using the same.

Colloidal photonic crystals are crystallized from the point where the distance between particles decreases as the uniform colloid solution is concentrated and the mutual repulsive force is strongly influenced, and colors are formed from the crystals.

In general, colloidal photonic crystal structure can observe the color of specific wavelength by Bragg reflection from regular particle structure, but in many cases, multi-scattering color appears simultaneously due to different sized particles or defects. do. Multiple scattering has no wavelength selectivity, making it appear white.

Therefore, in order to make the Bragg reflection color due to the crystal structure of the particles stand out, it is required to prevent the occurrence of particles or defects of different sizes.

The complex photonic crystal material that can absorb multiple scattering without causing defects anymore without disturbing the crystal structure is very advantageous for producing vivid colors, and thus can be used as a core material in various fields such as paint and display.

The following prior art has been disclosed in the technical field related to the present invention.

Superparamagnetic Photonic Crystals-By Xiangling Xu, Gary Friedman, Keith D. Humfeld, Sara A. Majetich, and Sanford A. Asher * (Adv. Mater. 2001, 13, No. 22, November 16)

Synthesis of Highly Charged, Monodisperse Polystyrene Colloidal Particles for the Fabrication of Photonic Crystals-Chad E. Reese, Carol D. Guerrero, Jesse M. Weissman, Kangtaek Lee, and Sanford A. Asher 1 (Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 232, 76- 0 (2000))

Small Group Velocity of Line Defect in Two-dimensional Photonic Crystal-Myoung-Rae Lee, Gyeong-Rae Kim, Won-Jin Shin, Chang-Kyo Kim, and Chin-Soo Hong (Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers , Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 128, February 2010)

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problem that it is difficult to achieve a vivid color due to the particles or defects of different sizes present in the photonic crystal, and the Bragg reflection color due to the crystal structure of the particles to make the highlight of the It is an object to provide a manufacturing method and a photonic crystal film produced using the same.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a carbon nanotube dispersion by dispersing a carbon nanotube incorporating a functional group on the surface in a solvent; Preparing a polymer particle dispersion having a uniform size; And mixing the carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion to prepare a mixed dispersion.

In one embodiment, the carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion may be mixed in a volume ratio of 1: 0.01 to 1:10.

In one embodiment, the polymer particles may be polystyrene particles or methyl methacrylate particles.

In one embodiment, the carbon nanotube may have a hydroxyl group (-OH) or a carboxylic acid group (-COOH) is introduced to the surface.

In addition, after the step of preparing the mixed dispersion may further comprise the step of dispersing in a low dielectric constant solvent.

In one embodiment, the mixed dispersion may be dispersed in a low dielectric constant solvent in a volume ratio of 1: 1 to 10: 1.

In one embodiment, the low dielectric constant solvent may be polyethylene glycol, the polyethylene glycol may have a molecular weight of 200 ~ 600g / mol.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a photonic crystal film obtained by coating a photonic crystal solution prepared according to the above method on a substrate and then drying.

When the photonic crystal film is manufactured using the photonic crystal solution prepared by the method for preparing the photonic crystal solution according to the present invention, the color due to the photonic crystal is absorbed by absorbing the color due to multiple scattering due to the effect of carbon nanotubes that absorb light efficiently. Prominent films can be made.

Therefore, the photonic crystal film according to the present invention can be applied to various fields such as electronic paper or a flexible display.

1 is a photograph of a carbon nanotube dispersion aqueous solution prepared according to Example 1 of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a scanning electron micrograph of the polystyrene particles prepared according to Example 2 of the present invention.
3 is an optical micrograph of a mixed dispersion of carbon nanotube dispersion solution and polystyrene particle dispersion prepared according to Example 3 of the present invention.
4 is a photograph of a photonic crystal film prepared according to Example 6 of the present invention.
5 is an optical micrograph of a photonic crystal film prepared according to Example 6 of the present invention.
6 is a graph of reflectance measurement of the photonic crystal film prepared according to Example 6 of the present invention.
7 is a photograph of a photonic crystal film prepared according to Example 8 of the present invention.
8 is an optical micrograph of a photonic crystal film prepared according to Example 8 of the present invention.
9 is a graph of reflectance measurement of the photonic crystal film prepared according to Example 8 of the present invention.

The method for preparing a photonic crystal solution according to the present invention comprises preparing a carbon nanotube dispersion by dispersing a carbon nanotube having a functional group introduced therein into a solvent; Preparing a polymer particle dispersion having a uniform size; And preparing a mixed dispersion by mixing the carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion. In addition, after the step of preparing the mixed dispersion may further comprise the step of dispersing in a low dielectric constant solvent.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a photonic crystal film obtained by coating a photonic crystal solution prepared according to the above method on a substrate and then drying.

Hereinafter, the steps will be described in detail.

(a) preparing a carbon nanotube dispersion

A carbon nanotube dispersion liquid is prepared by dispersing a carbon nanotube having a functional group on the surface thereof in a dispersion medium. The functional group can be stably dispersed in a solvent by introducing the carbon nanotube surface.

Examples of the functional group introduced on the surface of the carbon nanotubes include a hydroxyl group (-OH) or a carboxylic acid group (-COOH), and the functional groups may be introduced through acid treatment. As the acid treatment, inorganic acids such as nitric acid and sulfuric acid, organic acids or mixtures thereof can be used.

The dispersion medium is not particularly limited, but distilled water, acetone, ethanol, or the like may be used.

For example, the carbon nanotube (CNT) is dissolved in a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid by 0.01wt% to 1wt%, and the ultrasonic wave is applied at 40-80 ° C for 6-24 hours to obtain a stable dispersion.

After the stable dispersion is obtained, it can be dispersed in distilled water by repeating the process of redispersion using distilled water after centrifugation.

(b) preparing a polymer particle dispersion having a uniform size

The polymer particle dispersion liquid used for a photonic crystal film can be manufactured using the non-emulsification polymerization method.

First, a polymerization inhibitor present in the monomer is removed through a commercially available filler remover (Aldrich). As the monomer, styrene, methyl methacrylate, or the like may be used.

Next, the monomer and distilled water are mixed under a nitrogen stream at a weight ratio of 1: 6 to 1:10, and sodium styrene sulfonate (NaSS) or the like is used as a comonomer (Co-monomer) to 0.01 to At a weight ratio of 0.001 Sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO ₃ ) in a weight ratio of 0.05 to 0.005 based on the monomers. Put it. The sodium styrene sulfonate and sodium bicarbonate are used by dispersing in distilled water of the same weight as the amount of the monomer.

 The initiator is not particularly limited as long as it is a radical initiator. For example, potassium persulfate may be used in a weight ratio of 0.01 to 0.001 based on the monomer.

 Polymerization at 60 to 100 ° C. for 6 to 12 hours results in the formation of polymer particles of uniform size within the range of 100 to 500 nm. In this case, the dispersion degree of the obtained polymer particles may be less than 5% (the difference in size of the particles is less than 5%).

The obtained polymer particles are washed by centrifugation to remove impurities. Centrifugation is performed at 10,000 ~ 15,000rpm for 10 ~ 60 minutes and a total of 1 ~ 3 times. The washed polymer particles are dispersed in a high concentration of 40 to 70wt% in a dispersion medium such as distilled water to obtain a polymer particle dispersion.

(c) a carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particles Dispersion  Mixing to prepare a mixed dispersion

The photonic crystal structure of the polymer particles obtained through the non-emulsification polymerization method is a mixture of the color obtained by the regular particle structure and the color due to multiple scattering due to the size distribution or defects of the particles in the middle, so that the background color is generally present and the vivid color Very difficult to implement. Therefore, the present invention introduces a carbon nanotube dispersion that efficiently absorbs light in order to achieve a vivid color.

When the size of the carbon nanotubes is smaller than the space between particles, the color is absorbed by multi-scattering, so that a clear color can be realized. Therefore, since the carbon nanotubes should be smaller than the space between the particles, in step (a), the carbon nanotubes are cut to a length of 1 μm and dispersed in a dispersion medium such as distilled water to prepare a carbon nanotube dispersion.

After preparing a polymer particle dispersion by dispersing uniformly sized polymer particles in a high concentration in a dispersion medium, the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid that efficiently absorbs light is introduced into the polymer particle dispersion, and then heated or solvent is applied using a vacuum pump. The removal process can be performed to obtain a crystal structure in which the carbon nanotubes are evenly distributed among the crystallized particles.

The desired color may be obtained by adjusting the ratio of the dispersed carbon nanotube dispersion liquid and the polymer particle dispersion liquid in the range of 1: 0.01 to 1:10.

(d) dispersing the mixed dispersion in a low dielectric constant solvent

In order to prepare the mixed dispersion of the prepared carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion into the photonic crystal film, it is preferable to prepare the photonic crystal solution by dispersing the mixed dispersion in a solvent having a low dielectric constant.

By using a solvent having a low dielectric constant, the flow of particles in the production of a film is free, allowing color change by an electric field, and the desired color can be controlled by the amount used.

Examples of the low dielectric constant solvent include a dielectric constant of about 16 (ε ≒ 16). For example, polyethyleneglycol having a low molecular weight may be used. In addition, low dielectric constant solvents such as ethyleneglycol and methylsilsesquioxan may be used.

It is preferable that the molecular weight of the said low dielectric constant solvent is 200-600 g / mol . If the molecular weight is less than 200 g / mol is not easy to produce a film, it is not preferable for the scratches of light in implementing the color. If the molecular weight exceeds 600 g / mol it is not preferable for the reflection of light in the implementation of color.

The low dielectric constant solvent may be prepared by dispersing at 20 to 60% by weight in a dispersion medium such as distilled water.

In addition to the method of obtaining a color by adjusting the ratio of the carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion in the step (c), by adjusting the mixing ratio of the mixed dispersion of the carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion with the low dielectric constant solvent You can also adjust the color you want. The mixed dispersion and the low dielectric constant solvent are adjusted in the range of 1: 1 to 10: 1 to obtain a desired color. That is, the color of the photonic crystal film described later may be changed by adjusting the type and amount of the low dielectric constant solvent. In addition, when the magnetic field is applied to the mixed dispersion and the low dielectric constant solvent mixture, it is also possible to control the color according to the strength of the magnetic field.

The photonic crystal solution obtained by dispersing the mixed dispersion in a solvent having a low dielectric constant may be coated on a substrate and dried to prepare a photonic crystal film. Examples of the substrate include a glass substrate, and the substrate may be pretreated, such as oxygen plasma treatment, before coating.

According to the present invention, by introducing carbon nanotubes that efficiently absorb light without disturbing the regular structure of the particles in a solution of uniform particle size, the reflection color of a specific wavelength caused by Bragg reflection in the photonic crystal is prominent. On the other hand, by efficiently absorbing the scattering color due to the multi-scattering due to the defect can be produced a photonic crystal film that can implement a more vivid color.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples. The following examples are only specific examples of the present invention and do not limit the protection scope of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should be construed by the appended claims.

≪ Example 1 >

A hydroxyl group (-OH) or a carboxylic acid group (-COOH) was introduced on the surface of the carbon nanotubes, and 30 ml of nitric acid and 10 ml of sulfuric acid were mixed to stably disperse in the solvent, and 0.1 g of carbon nanotubes were dissolved in 10 g of the mixed solution. . Thereafter, ultrasonic waves were applied at 60 ° C. for 12 hours to prepare a stable dispersion with pulverization of carbon nanotubes.

The stable dispersion was again dispersed using distilled water after centrifugation at 4,500 rpm for 30 minutes, and this process was repeated three times to prepare a carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion solution as shown in FIG. 1.

<Example 2>

A polymerization inhibitor present in the styrene monomer was removed through a commercially available filler remover (Aldrich). 50 g of the styrene monomer from which the polymerization inhibitor was removed and 300 g of distilled water were mixed under a nitrogen stream, and after 30 minutes, a solution of 0.25 g of sodium styrene sulfonate (NaSS) and 50 g of distilled water was mixed with a comonomer (Co- monomer), and a solution of 0.5 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO ₃ ) and 50 g of distilled water was added as a buffer. Finally, after 30 minutes, 0.25 g of potassium persulfate, a radical initiator, was dispersed in 50 g of distilled water as an initiator. The polymerization was carried out at a reaction temperature of 80 ° C. for 9 hours, and as observed in FIG.

Polystyrene particles of uniform size were washed by centrifugation to remove impurities. Centrifugation was performed at 13,000 rpm for 30 minutes and was performed three times in total. The uniform colloidal particles were crystallized from the point where the mutual repulsive force was strongly influenced between the particles, and thus, the washed polystyrene particles were dispersed at 55 wt% in distilled water because of the principle that colors were formed from the crystals.

<Example 3>

1 wt% of the carbon nanotube dispersion aqueous solution prepared in Example 1 and 55 wt% polystyrene particle dispersion prepared in Example 2 were each added and mixed in a volume ratio of 1: 1, and heat was applied to the solvent. Removed. As shown in FIG. 3, the result of observing through an optical microscope showed red color.

<Example 4>

In order to prepare a low dielectric constant material used to prepare a photonic crystal film, polyethyleneglycol having a molecular weight of 600 g / mol was dispersed at 40 wt% in distilled water.

<Example 5>

To prepare a photonic crystal film, 1 wt% of the carbon nanotube dispersion solution prepared in Example 1 and 55 wt% of the polystyrene particle dispersion prepared in Example 2 were each added 0.25 ml and mixed in a volume ratio of 1: 1. Mixed dispersions were made. Thereafter, 0.5 ml of the 40 wt% polyethylene glycol dispersion prepared in Example 4 was added and mixed.

Example 6 Preparation of Photonic Crystal Film

The mixed solution prepared in Example 5 was coated on a glass substrate subjected to oxygen plasma treatment, and then water was removed to prepare a film. As shown in the photograph of FIG. 4 and the optical microscope photograph of FIG. 5, it was confirmed that green color was observed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the result of measuring the reflectance confirmed that the 528 wavelength was 59%.

&Lt; Example 7 >

The dispersion was prepared in the same manner as in Example 5, except that 0.05 ml of 1 wt% carbon nanotube dispersion aqueous solution was used, 0.5 ml of 55 wt% polystyrene particle dispersion was used, and 0.5 ml of 40 wt% polyethylene glycol dispersion was used. Prepared.

Example 8 Photonic Crystal Film Preparation

As in Example 6, a film was prepared using the mixed solution prepared in Example 7. As a result, as shown in the photograph of FIG. 7 and the optical microscope photograph of FIG. 8, blue color was confirmed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the result of reflectance measurement confirmed that the 483 wavelength was 45%.

Claims (10)

Preparing a carbon nanotube dispersion by dispersing a carbon nanotube having a functional group introduced into a surface thereof in a solvent;
Preparing a polymer particle dispersion having a uniform size; And
And mixing the carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion to prepare a mixed dispersion.
The method of claim 1,
The carbon nanotube dispersion and the polymer particle dispersion is a method of producing a photonic crystal solution, characterized in that mixed in a volume ratio of 1: 0.01 ~ 1:10.
The method of claim 1,
The polymer particle is a method of producing a photonic crystal solution, characterized in that the polystyrene particles or polymethyl methacrylate particles.
The method of claim 1,
The carbon nanotube is a method of producing a photonic crystal solution, characterized in that the hydroxyl group (-OH) or carboxylic acid group (-COOH) is introduced on the surface.
The method of claim 1,
After the step of preparing the mixed dispersion, and further comprising the step of dispersing in a low dielectric constant solvent.
The method of claim 5,
The mixed dispersion is a method of producing a photonic crystal solution, characterized in that dispersed in a low dielectric constant solvent in a volume ratio of 1: 1 to 10: 1.
The method according to claim 5 or 6,
The low dielectric constant solvent is a method for producing a photonic crystal solution, characterized in that the polyethylene glycol.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The polyethylene glycol is a method for producing a photonic crystal solution, characterized in that the molecular weight of 200 ~ 600g / mol.
A photonic crystal film obtained by coating a photonic crystal solution prepared according to the method of claim 1 on a substrate and then drying. A photonic crystal film obtained by coating a photonic crystal solution prepared according to the method of claim 5 on a substrate and then drying.

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