title: Mechanochromic Fibers with Structural Color.
abstract: Responsive photonic crystals have been widely developed to realize tunable structural colors by manipulating the flow of light. Among them, mechanochromic photonic crystals attract increasing attention due to the easy operation, high safety and broad applications. Recently, mechanochromic photonic crystal fibers were proposed to satisfy the booming wearable smart textile market. In this Concept, the fundamental mechanism, fabrication, and recent progress on mechanochromic photonic crystals, especially in fiber shape, are summarized to represent a new direction in sensing and displaying.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
authors.forename: Houpu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. sunxm@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. penghs@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Huisheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
keywords: displays; fibers; mechanochromic materials; photonic crystals; structural color