UV-REFLECTIVE STRUCTURAL COLOR
First Claim
1. A multilayer structure comprising:
- a plurality of alternating layers of a low index of refraction material and a high index of refraction material;
said plurality of alternating layers of said low index of refraction material and said high index of refraction material reflecting electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet region and a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation in the visible region.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a non-quarter wave multilayer structure having a plurality of alternating low index of refraction material stacks and high index of refraction material stacks. The plurality of alternating stacks can reflect electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet region and a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation in the visible region. The non-quarter wave multilayer structure, i.e. nLdL≠nHdH≠λ0/4, can be expressed as [A 0.5qH pL(qH pL)N 0.5qH G], where q and p are multipliers to the quarter-wave thicknesses of high and low refractive index material, respectively, H is the quarter-wave thickness of the high refracting index material; L is the quarter-wave thickness of the low refracting index material; N represents the total number of layers between bounding half layers of high index of refraction material (0.5qH); G represents a substrate and A represents air.
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19 Claims
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1. A multilayer structure comprising:
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a plurality of alternating layers of a low index of refraction material and a high index of refraction material; said plurality of alternating layers of said low index of refraction material and said high index of refraction material reflecting electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet region and a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation in the visible region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A multilayer structure comprising:
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a plurality of alternating layers of a low index of refraction material and a high index of refraction material; said plurality of alternating layers of said low index of refraction material and said high index of refraction material having a layered structure described by [A 0.5qH pL (qH pL)N 0.5qH G], where; A represents air; q is a multiplier of a quarter-wave thickness of said high index of refraction material; H is the quarter wave thickness of the high refracting index material for a given wavelength λ
0;p is a multiplier of a quarter-wave thickness of said low index of refraction material; L is the quarter wave thickness of the low refracting index material for said given wavelength λ
0;N represents the total number of layers between bounding half layers of said high index of refraction material; and G represents a substrate; said plurality of alternating layers of said low index of refraction material and said high index of refraction material also operable to reflect electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet region and a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation in the visible region. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A process for making a multilayer structure that is an ultraviolet-reflective structural color, the process comprising:
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providing a low index of refraction material and a high index of refraction material; fabricating a first layer from the low index of refraction material; fabricating a second layer from the high index of refraction material adjacent to and in contact with the first layer; the first layer and the second layer having a thickness of pL and qH, respectively, where; L is a quarter wave thickness (λ
o/4nL) of the low index of refraction material for a desired reflected wavelength λ
o;H is a quarter wave thickness (λ
o/4nH) of the high index of refraction material for the same desired reflected wavelength λ
o;p and q are multiplies to the quarter wave thickness L and H, respectively; and p and q satisfy the expression;
2nLLp cos(θ
L)+2 nHHq cos(θ
H)=Mλwhere; nL is the index of refraction for the low index of refraction material; nH is the index of refraction for the high index of refraction material; θ
L is the angle of refraction for the low index of refraction material;θ
H is the angle of refraction for the high index of refraction material;M is an integer (1, 2, 3, . . . ); and λ
are the peaks to be reflected. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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