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Stacking the Nanochemistry Deck: Structural and Compositional Diversity in One‐Dimensional Photonic Crystals
Author(s) -
Bonifacio Leonardo D.,
Lotsch Bettina V.,
Puzzo Daniel P.,
Scotognella Francesco,
Ozin Geoffrey A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200802348
Subject(s) - materials science , photonic crystal , photonics , nanochemistry , stacking , fabrication , nanotechnology , bragg's law , optoelectronics , optics , diffraction , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
One‐dimensional photonic structures, known as Bragg stacks or Bragg reflectors or Bragg mirrors, represent a well‐developed subject in the field of optical science. However, because of a lack of dynamic tunability and their dependence on complex top‐down techniques for their fabrication, they have received little attention from the materials science community. Herein, we present recent and ongoing developments on the way to functional one‐dimensional photonic structures obtained from simple bottom‐up techniques. We focus on the versatility of this new approach, which allows the incorporation of a wide range of materials into photonic structures.