Issue 5, 2019

Structural colors in metasurfaces: principle, design and applications

Abstract

Structural colors resulting from the interference between incident light and structures are ubiquitous in nature and daily life. In contrast to conventional chemical pigments and dyes, structural colors have the advantages of low consumption, environmental protection and high durability. To reach higher resolutions beyond diffraction limits, structural colors based on metasurfaces consisting of artificially designed nanoresonators at subwavelength scale have been proposed in recent years. In this review, we classify structural colors into plasmonic colors and dielectric colors according to different mechanisms, summarizing the development and applications for a variety of color filters. Moreover, four significant methods of dynamically tunable colors are discussed, including mechanical stretching, chemical reaction, electrical control, and photon doping.

Graphical abstract: Structural colors in metasurfaces: principle, design and applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
25 ጃንዩ 2019
Accepted
24 ፌብሩ 2019
First published
26 ፌብሩ 2019

Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 750-761

Structural colors in metasurfaces: principle, design and applications

B. Yang, H. Cheng, S. Chen and J. Tian, Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, 3, 750 DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00043G

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements