Issue 2, 2004
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Thin film photonic crystals: synthesis and characterisation

Martyn A. McLachlan,ab   Nigel P. Johnson,b   Richard M. De La Rueb  and  David W. McComb†a  

a Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
E-mail: martynmc@chem.gla.ac.uk
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b Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Abstract

The results of an investigation of the major factors that influence colloidal self-assembly of thin film photonic crystals are reported. The effect of temperature, relative humidity, sphere diameter, colloidal concentration and substrate angle were investigated: the results establish clearly that temperature is the most critical factor. Quantitative analysis of the results using Design of Experiments methodology has identified the optimum conditions for the growth of large area, low defect density thin film photonic crystals.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B310759K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Sep 2003
Accepted
14 Oct 2003
First published
04 Nov 2003

J. Mater. Chem., 2004,14, 144-150

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Thin film photonic crystals: synthesis and characterisation

M. A. McLachlan, N. P. Johnson, R. M. D. L. Rue and D. W. McComb, J. Mater. Chem., 2004, 14, 144 DOI: 10.1039/B310759K

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