DOI: 10.1039/d6nj02471h ISSN: 1144-0546

Carbon-doped hollow silica microspheres enabling the fabrication of photonic crystal coatings with bright and stable structural colors

Kehan Wang, Hongyuan Hui, Ling Bai, Dong Zhang, Ying Pan, Hongting Zhao, Ting Lü

Traditional chemical colorants such as dyes and pigments often have issues like toxicity, easy fading, and pollution.