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Photonic Microbricks: Fabrication of Photonic Microbricks via Crack Engineering of Colloidal Crystals (Adv. Funct. Mater. 26/2020)
Author(s) -
Phillips Katherine R.,
Zhang Cathy T.,
Yang Ting,
Kay Theresa,
Gao Chao,
Brandt Soeren,
Liu Lei,
Yang Haizhao,
Li Yaning,
Aizenberg Joanna,
Li Ling
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202070172
Subject(s) - materials science , fabrication , photonic crystal , photonics , nanotechnology , colloid , microstructure , colloidal crystal , evaporation , optoelectronics , composite material , chemical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , engineering , thermodynamics
In article number 1908242, Ling Li and co‐workers provide a mechanistic understanding of crack formations during the evaporation‐induced self‐assembly of colloidal crystals, which allows for rational controlling of the location and orientation of cracks for fabricating photonic microstructures with controlled geometries and sizes.