We report the fabrication of monolithic dielectric mirrors by stacking layers of metal−organic frame-works (MOFs) and indium tin oxide (ITO). Such Hybrid Photonic Band-Gap (PBG) Materials exhibit high optical quality (reflectivities of 80%) and are color tunable over the whole visible range.
While the ITO deposition is accomplished by using a conventional sputter process, the highly porous MOF layers are deposited using liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE), therefore yielding crystalline, continuous, and monolithic HKUST-1 SURMOF thin films with high optical performance.
We demonstrate the optical sensing capabilities of these monolithic and porous Bragg stacks by investigating the chemo-responsive optical properties (PBG shift and modulation of the intensity of the PBG maximum) upon the exposure to different organic solvents.