title: Template-assisted growth of nominally cubic (100)-oriented three-dimensional crack-free photonic crystals.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, Scotland, U.K.
authors.forename: Chongjun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Martyn A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McLachlan
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: McComb
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: De La Rue
authors.forename: Nigel P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004581:Electronics / Q000379:methods; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D012825:Silicon