Photonic bandgap crystals by self-assembly

Younan Xia; Yadong Yin; Yu Lu; Byron Gates

doi:10.1117/12.451625

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4 November 2002 Photonic bandgap crystals by self-assembly

Younan Xia, Yadong Yin, Yu Lu, Byron Gates

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Proceedings Volume 4809, Nanoscale Optics and Applications; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.451625
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

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This paper describes the use of confined self-assembly in organizing monodispersed spherical colloids into face-center-cubic crystalline lattices for photonic crystals applications. Using this method, we were able to conveniently control the thickness, the density and structure of defects, and the orientation of a crystal. Inverse opals of polymers and ceramic materials were also synthesized by templating corresponding precursors against three-dimensional colloidal crystals. As an extension to this method, we also demonstrated the hierarchical self-assembly that involved building blocks with sizes on two different scales, and its application in forming inverse opals.

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Younan Xia, Yadong Yin, Yu Lu, and Byron Gates "Photonic bandgap crystals by self-assembly", Proc. SPIE 4809, Nanoscale Optics and Applications, (4 November 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.451625

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