Bistable and Reconfigurable Photonic Crystals—Electroactive Shape Memory Polymer Nanocomposite for Ink‐Free Rewritable Paper

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 28; no. 34
• Main Authors: Xie, Yu, Meng, Yuan, Wang, Wenxin, Zhang, Elric, Leng, Jinsong, Pei, Qibing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 22.08.2018
• Subjects: Actuation; Color imagery; Data storage; Deformation; Electroactive polymers; Energy storage; Inks; Iron oxides; Materials science; Nanocomposites; Photonic crystals; Polymers; rewritable paper; Shape memory; shape memory polymers

Paper has remained the world's most‐widely accessible information medium even as sustainable and reusable paper replacements have attracted increasing attention. Here, an ink‐free rewritable paper concept is developed that combines recent developments in photonic crystals, shape memory polymers...