Template-assisted growth of nominally cubic (100)-oriented three-dimensional crack-free photonic crystals

Jin, C., McLachlan, M., McComb, D., De La Rue, R. and Johnson, N. (2005) Template-assisted growth of nominally cubic (100)-oriented three-dimensional crack-free photonic crystals. Nano Letters, 5, pp. 2646-2650. (doi: 10.1021/nl051905j)

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Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals (PhCs) are now beginning to acquire functionality via the use of dopants and heterostructures. However, the self-organized fabrication of large-area single crystals that are free of cracks and stacking faults has remained a challenge. We demonstrate a technology for the fabrication of (100)-oriented thin film 3D opal PhCs that exhibit no cracks over areas having no intrinsic size limit via a modified template-assisted colloidal self-assembly approach onto a patterned substrate.This technology potentially makes available large area regions of single photonic crystal, which can be used for optoelectronic devices.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:McComb, Dr David
Authors: Jin, C., McLachlan, M., McComb, D., De La Rue, R., and Johnson, N.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
Journal Name:Nano Letters
Publisher:American Chemical Society
ISSN:1530-6984
ISSN (Online):1530-6992

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