Clay mineral nanosheet colloids were found to show angular-independent structural colors after desalting. Naked-eye observation and UV–visible reflectance spectra showed that the color is tuned by varying the average nanosheet… Click to show full abstract
Clay mineral nanosheet colloids were found to show angular-independent structural colors after desalting. Naked-eye observation and UV–visible reflectance spectra showed that the color is tuned by varying the average nanosheet size and nanosheet concentration. The low angular-dependence of the structural color was also clarified by these observations, which is the first case for a nanosheet system. The present system is expected as an environmentally benign and low-cost structural color material for various applications.
               
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