Open AccessBlue phases decorated with colloidal particles: photonic crystals
Author(s) -
S. Žumer,
Miha Ravnik
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
photonics letters of poland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 2080-2242
DOI - 10.4302/plp.2011.1.03
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , mesoscopic physics , colloidal crystal , photonic crystal , materials science , colloid , nanotechnology , physics , optics , chemistry , condensed matter physics
The recent efforts to understand self-assembly of 'soft' photonic colloidal crystals in intrinsic disclination networks of body centered and face centered cubic lattices of blue phases I and II are briefly reviewed. © 2011 Photonics Society of Poland