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Very high quality polymer opal films exhibit metallic-like colour intensity:
40 micron “orange” Polymer Opal viewed in transmission, note complementary colours and angle sensitive colour shift:
Same 40 micron “orange” Polymer Opal film bonded to black stretch fabric and overcoated with an elastic polymer film with a matt finish. Note colour change on deformation:

A line pattern embedded in the substrate is revealed as a colour contrast on stretching:

Similarly wide bands embedded in the substrate are revealed as a colour contrast on stretching:





 

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NanoPhotonics @ Femincam

29 September 2023

PhD students from the NanoPhotonics Centre have attended Femincam, a one-day conference celebrating emerging women in science and leaders in electronic materials. During the event Sara Rocchetti also presented her poster on “Amplified plasmonic forces from DNA-origami scaffolded single dyes in nanogaps”.

ICAVS flash presentations prizes awarded to Marika and Yuling!

4 September 2023

A number of group members recently attended ICAVS12 in Krakow. Congratulations to Yuling who won the prize for the best flash presentation and to Marika for winning the best flash presentation audience award!

Sara Rocchetti - Best poster at Chemical and NanoScience symposium

17 May 2023

Sara Rocchetti won the best poster award at the 10th Chemical and NanoScience symposium Newcastle (CNSN-X) with her work on DNA origami and nanophotonics. Well done!