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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Sean Purdy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eldon L. Decker, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Calum H. Munro, Wexford, PA (US);
Noel R. Vanier, Wexford, PA (US);
Sean Purdy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eldon L. Decker, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Calum H. Munro, Wexford, PA (US);
Noel R. Vanier, Wexford, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of producing an image in the crystalline colloidal array is disclosed. The method includes providing an ordered array of particles received within a curable matrix composition; curing a first portion of the matrix composition, wherein the first cured portion diffracts radiation at a first wavelength; curing another portion of the matrix composition, wherein the other cured portion diffracts radiation at another wavelength; and exposing the array to radiation to exhibit an image.