Volume 132, Issue 44 pp. 19852-19858
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Endowing Zeolite LTA Superballs with the Ability to Manipulate Light in Multiple Ways

Jiawei Tao

Jiawei Tao

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Bingyu Li

Bingyu Li

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Prof. Zhongyuan Lu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zhongyuan Lu

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Jiaqi Liu

Jiaqi Liu

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Lina Su

Lina Su

CAS Key Laboratory for Nanosystem and Hierarchy Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China

School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China

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Prof. Zhiyong Tang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zhiyong Tang

CAS Key Laboratory for Nanosystem and Hierarchy Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China

School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China

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Dr. Mei Li

Dr. Mei Li

Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS UK

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Prof. Yan Xu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Yan Xu

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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First published: 07 July 2020

Abstract

Advances in zeolites research emerging from interdisciplinary efforts have opened new opportunities beyond conventional applications. Colloids drive much current research owing to their distinct collective behaviors, but so far, using zeolites as a colloidal building block to construct ordered superstructures remains unexplored. Herein we show that self-assembly of colloidal zeolite LTA superball (ZAS) by tilted-angle sedimentation forms macroscopic films with micro-mesoporosity and 3D long-range periodicity featuring a photonic band gap (PBG) that is tunable through the superball geometry and responds reversibly to chemical vapors. Remarkably, self-assembly of ZAS at elevated temperature forms 3D chiral photonic crystals that enable negative circular dichroism, selective reflection of right-handed circularly polarized (CP) light and left-handed CP luminescence based on PBG. We present a novel class of functional colloids and zeolite-based photonic crystals with the ability to manipulate light in several ways.

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