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Engineering Nanoarchitectures for Photonic Crystals
Author(s) -
Marlow Frank,
Dong Wenting
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200200531
Subject(s) - photonic crystal , photonics , inverse , materials science , nanotechnology , skeleton (computer programming) , yablonovite , band gap , self assembly , electronic band structure , optoelectronics , photonic integrated circuit , physics , condensed matter physics , computer science , geometry , mathematics , programming language
The detailed shape of the dense material network of inverse opals has a significant influence on the appearance of band gaps in these photonic crystals. One example of these topologically very similar networks is the skeleton structure, which can show two complete band gaps. Like all inverse opals, these structures are self‐standing and can be fabricated via self‐assembly strategies. The first step for obtaining these novel kind of photonic crystals has been achieved by synthesizing a titania skeleton structure.