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Tailoring Colloidal Photonic Crystals with Wide Viewing Angles
Author(s) -
Gu Hongcheng,
Zhao Yuanjin,
Cheng Yao,
Xie Zhuoying,
Rong Fei,
Li Jiaqi,
Wang Baoping,
Fu Degang,
Gu Zhongze
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201203179
Subject(s) - materials science , colloidal crystal , photonic crystal , structural coloration , anisotropy , symmetry (geometry) , colloid , optics , viewing angle , colloidal particle , independence (probability theory) , photonics , bead , optoelectronics , composite material , liquid crystal display , geometry , chemistry , physics , mathematics , statistics
Photonic crystal materials are developed from colloidal crystal fibers or beads. As the fibers have cylindrical symmetry, the fiber‐composed PhCs show anisotropic angle independence. By contrast, the bead‐composed PhCs display angle‐independent structural colors because of the spherical symmetry of their bead elements.