Preparation and thermo-responsive light diffraction behaviors of soft polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays
Abstract
We report the formation and light diffraction behavior of polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays (PCCA) based on lightly cross-linked thermosensitive particles of poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-N-ethylacrylamide-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) in both thermosensitive and non-thermosensitive matrices. The formation process of the crystalline colloidal arrays (CCA) and the temperature-dependent light diffraction behavior of PCCAs are investigated and rationalized by the use of Flory's