Armstrong, E., Khunsin, W., Osiak, M., Blömker, M., Sotomayor Torres, C. M. & O'Dwyer, C.

2014

May

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Ordered 2D Colloidal Photonic Crystals on Gold Substrates by Surfactant-Assisted Fast-Rate Dip Coating

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Surfactant induced ordering of 2D and 3D colloidal crystal photonic crystals is possible on metallic substrates by dip-coating at fast rates (≈1 mm/min). Ordered monolayer opals on conductive gold-coated silicon substrates behave as a 2D diffraction grating. The method allows high throughput, ordered colloidal crystal formation useful as nanomaterials templates for energy storage or functional materials.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201303616/full