Investigation of Polystyrene-Based Microspheres from Different Copolymers and Their Structural Color Coatings on Wood Surface
Source abstract
Abstract
Six kinds of polystyrene (PSt)-based colloidal microspheres were synthesized by adding acrylic acid (AA), methyl methacrylate (MMA), and butyl acrylate (BA) as comonomers in styrene emulsion polymerization. The structurally colored coatings on a wood surface were self-assembled by thermally assisted gravity deposition of these microspheres. Chemical compositions and structures of microspheres and morphological characteristics of microspheres and structural color coatings, as well as optical properties of coatings and their generated structural colors, were studied. Pure PSt microspheres had a smooth surface and uniform structure, while microspheres of copolymers had core–shell morphologies and a rough surface. Only poly(styrene-acrylic acid) (P(St-AA)) microspheres had good monodispersity and the resulting coating had a well-ordered photonic crystal structure. However, other kinds of microspheres could form short ranges of ordered amorphous photonic crystal structures and they displayed structural colors. Both the reflectivity of coatings to visible light and structural colors varied with microsphere size and self-assembly temperature.
Source: crossref · Quality: baseline
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Photonic Crystals and Applications · Diatoms and Algae Research · Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
Affiliations
College of Furnishings and Industrial Design, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Funding
the Youth Program of Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Nanjing Forestry University · Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing Forestry University
References (41)
Show source-provided references
1. Current situation and key manufacturing considerations of green furniture in China: A review10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121957 ↗
2. Yang, L., and Liu, H. (2020). Effect of a combination of moderate-temperature heat treatment and subsequent wax impregnation on wood hygroscopicity, dimensional stability, and mechanical properties. Forests, 11.10.3390/f11090920 ↗
3. Effect of high temperature on the change in color, dimensional stability and mechanical properties of spruce wood10.1515/HF.2003.080 ↗
4. Artificial weathering of wood surfaces modified by melamine formaldehyde resins10.1007/s00107-005-0047-y ↗
5. Surface photo-discoloration and degradation of dyed wood veneer exposed to different wavelengths of artificial light10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.01.091 ↗
6. Wood colorization through pressure treating: The potential of extracted colorants from spalting fungi as a replacement for woodworkers’ aniline dyes10.3390/ma7085427 ↗
7. Gutierrez, S.M.V., and Robinson, S.C. (2017). Microscopic analysis of pigments extracted from spalting fungi. J. Fungi, 3.10.3390/jof3010015 ↗
8. Hinsch, E.M., and Robinson, S.C. (2018). Comparing colorfastness to light of wood-staining fungal pigments and commercial dyes: An alternative light test method for color fastness. Coatings, 8.10.3390/coatings8050189 ↗
9. A spectrocolorimetric and chemical study on color modification of heat-treated wood during artificial weathering10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.005 ↗
10. Wang, X., Tang, R., Zhang, Y., Yu, Z., and Qi, C. (2016). Preparation of a novel chitosan-based biopolymer dye and application in wood dyeing. Polymers, 8.10.3390/polym8090338 ↗
11. Coloration strategies in peacock feathers10.1073/pnas.2133313100 ↗
12. Bio-inspired band-gap tunable elastic optical multilayer fibers10.1002/adma.201203529 ↗
13. Colour in Burgess Shale animals and the effect of light on evolution in the Cambrian10.1098/rspb.1998.0385 ↗
14. Structure of crystals of hard colloidal spheres10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2753 ↗
15. Crystals in butterfly wing scales10.1073/pnas.0909616107 ↗
16. Simple fabrication of full color colloidal crystal films with tough mechanical strength10.1002/macp.200500563 ↗
17. Colloidal photonic crystal pigments with low angle dependence10.1021/am100704f ↗
18. Natural photonic crystals10.1016/j.physb.2011.12.130 ↗
19. Review of beetle forewing structures and their biomimetic applications in China: (I) On the structural colors and the vertical and horizontal cross-sectional structures10.1016/j.msec.2015.05.064 ↗
20. Colloidal crystal films: Advances in universality and perfection10.1021/ja0379969 ↗
21. More direct evidence of the fcc arrangement for artificial opal10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00434-4 ↗
22. Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range10.1016/0021-9797(68)90272-5 ↗
23. Synthesis of monodisperse silica microspheres by a modified Stöber method10.1080/10584587.2014.904651 ↗
24. Facile fabrication of a three-dimensional colloidal crystal film with large-area and robust mechanical properties10.1039/b906293a ↗
25. Synthesis of monodisperse styrene/methyl methacrylate/acrylic acid latex using surfactant-free emulsion copolymerization in air10.1002/app.30744 ↗
26. Self-assembly of binary particles and application as structural colors10.1039/c2py20305g ↗
27. Fabrication of patterned photonic crystals with brilliant structural colors on fabric substrates using ink-jet printing technology10.1016/j.matdes.2016.09.102 ↗
28. Synthesis of amphiphilic mushroom cap-shaped colloidal particles towards fabrication of anisotropic colloidal crystals10.1002/marc.201000156 ↗
29. Synthesis and properties of soap-free poly(methyl methacrylate-ethyl acrylate-methacrylic acid) latex particles prepared by seeded emulsion polymerization10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.10.032 ↗
30. Synthesis of polystyrene/poly(butylacrylate) core–shell latex and its surface morphology10.1002/app.11495 ↗
31. N-substituted acrylamide-styrene copolymer lattices III. Morphology of latex particles10.1295/polymj.19.1157 ↗
32. Optimization of emulsion polymerization for submicron-sized polymer colloids towards tunable synthetic opals10.5012/bkcs.2010.31.7.1891 ↗
33. Fabrication of phase-change polymer colloidal photonic crystals10.1155/2014/702089 ↗
34. Fabrication of elastic colloidal crystal films from pure soft spheres10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.03.030 ↗
35. Control over the wettability of colloidal crystal films by assembly temperature10.1002/marc.200500719 ↗
36. Self-assembly behavior of polystyrene/methacrylic acid (P(St-MAA)) colloidal microspheres on polyester fabrics by gravitational sedimentation10.1080/00405000.2014.998011 ↗
37. Emulsion copolymerization of styrene with acrylic or methacrylic acids-distribution of the carboxylic group10.1007/s003960000407 ↗
38. Tough and hydrophilic photonic crystals obtained from direct UV irradiation10.1002/marc.201000495 ↗
39. Fine control of the wettability transition temperature of colloidal-crystal films: From superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic10.1002/adfm.200600101 ↗
40. Colloidal photonic crystals with narrow stopbands assembled from low-adhesive superhydrophobic substrates10.1021/ja304751k ↗
41. Large-area crack-free single-crystal photonic crystals via combined effects of polymerization-assisted assembly and flexible substrate10.1038/am.2012.38 ↗