A new method of soft thermosensitive photonic crystals assembled by thermosensitive IPNs was established by Prof. Lu Xihua's research teamfrom College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering. The related result was published on Materials Horizons, under the title of “In-situ Formed Thermogelable Hydrogel Photonic Crystals Assembled by Thermosensitive IPN Nanogels”,and was selected as the cover article.The doctoral student Li Xiaoxiao is the first author, Prof. Lu Xihua and the doctoral student Li Xueting are co corresponding authors.
(a) The reversible temperature-induced sol–gel transition of the IPNs. (b) The sparkling crystal colors maintained by the sol–gel transition above the phase transition temperature. (c) The effect of IPN concentration (IPN3-2) on the gelation temperature
Paper Link：https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH01886D
