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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Andre Arsenault, Toronto, CA;
Geoffrey Alan Ozin, Toronto, CA;
Daniel P. Puzzo, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/355 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This application describes a tunable photonic crystal device based on the electrical actuation of photonic crystal films. This device displays non-bleachable structural color, reflecting narrow bands of wavelengths tuned throughout the entire visible spectrum by expansion and contraction of the photonic crystal lattice