title: Nanodiamond particles forming photonic structures.
abstract: Colloid suspensions of irregularly shaped, highly charged detonation nanodiamond particles are found to have unexpected optical properties, similar to those of photonic crystals. This finding is all the more surprising since the particles used in this work are far more polydisperse than those typically forming photonic crystals. Intensely iridescent structures have been fabricated using the centrifugation of aqueous suspensions of nanodiamonds.
authors.affiliation: International Technology Center, 8100 Brownleigh Drive, Suite 120, Raleigh, NC 27617, USA.
authors.forename: Varvara
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grichko
authors.forename: Talmage
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.forename: Victor I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Grishko
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shenderova