Issue 35, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Inorganic chiral 3-D photonic crystals with bicontinuous gyroid structure replicated from butterfly wing scales†

Christian Mille,ab   Eric C. Tyrodec  and  Robert W. Corkery*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
E-mail: robert.corkery@yki.se
Tel: +4610 516 60 00

b Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

c Surface and Corrosion Science, Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

Three dimensional silica photonic crystals with the gyroid minimal surface structure have been synthesized. The butterfly Callophrys rubi was used as a biotemplate. This material represents a significant addition to the small family of synthetic bicontinuous photonic crystals.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11637A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Mar 2011
Accepted
12 Jul 2011
First published
04 Aug 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 9873-9875

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Inorganic chiral 3-D photonic crystals with bicontinuous gyroid structure replicated from butterfly wing scales

C. Mille, E. C. Tyrode and R. W. Corkery, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9873 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11637A

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