title: Bottom-up assembly of photonic crystals.
abstract: In this tutorial review we highlight fundamental aspects of the physics underpinning the science of photonic crystals, provide insight into building-block assembly routes to the fabrication of different photonic crystal structures and compositions, discuss their properties and describe how these relate to function, and finally take a glimpse into future applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 56, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. georg.freymann@physik.uni-kl.de
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Freymann
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kitaev
authors.forename: Bettina V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Lotsch
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ozin