Multicompartment Photonic Pigments

First pure red structural color

The multicompartment architecture eliminates disordered scattering to yield, for the first time, a pure red non-iridescent structural color, using biodegradable bio-based materials with enhanced stability.

Zhang, Xia · Wang, Yiran · Zhang, Kunyu · Dezhi, Liu · Li, Yuesheng · Song, Dongpo

Advanced Materials 2025

Advantages

First demonstration of pure red non-iridescent structural color

Substantially enhanced resistance to Ostwald ripening

Entirely composed of biodegradable bio-based materials