title: Rapid fabrication of 2D and 3D photonic crystals and their inversed structures.
abstract: In this paper a new technique is proposed for the fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals using monodisperse polystyrene microspheres as the templates. In addition, the approaches toward the creation of their corresponding inversed structures are described. The inversed structures were prepared by subjecting an introduced silica source to a sol-gel process; programmed heating was then performed to remove the template without spoiling the inversed structures. Utilizing these approaches, 2D and 3D photonic crystals and their highly ordered inversed hexagonal multilayer or monolayer structures were obtained on the substrate.
authors: Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chih-Kai
authors: CK
authors: Huang
authors: Chia-Hua
authors: CH
authors: Chan
authors: Chia-Yin
authors: CY
authors: Chen
authors: Yen-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Tsai
authors: Chii-Chang
authors: CC
authors: Chen
authors: Jin-Lin
authors: JL
authors: Han
authors: Kuo-Huang
authors: KH
authors: Hsieh