Journal article
From transient nanodroplets to permanent nanolenses
X Zhang, J Ren, H Yang, Y He, J Tan, GG Qiao
Soft Matter | Published : 2012
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm07267j
Abstract
Nanodroplets can be conveniently produced by the established protocol, called the solvent exchange. In this work, the transient nanodroplets were converted to permanent polymeric nanolenses by forming nanodroplets of monomers followed by in situ photopolymerization. This method could produce nanolenses with desired single or multiple components over a large area on both planar and non-planar surfaces. The morphology (average size and height/lateral size ratio) and the components of nanolenses could be controlled by the characteristics of the nanodroplets. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Grants
Awarded by Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge Professor William Ducker for the initial discussion about the project and Dr Wenxin Tan in Monash University for the valuable suggestion on the optical properties. We are grateful for the support from Australian Research Council. X.H.Z is the recipient of Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (DP0880152).