title: Homogeneous coating of photonic macroporous oxides with inorganic nanocrystals.
abstract: A simple method to obtain homogeneous sub-monolayer coverage of metal oxide and chalcogenide nanocrystals onto porous oxide supports is described. Quantitative nanoparticle coverage was probed using photonic macroporous oxide supports. Composites of nanocrystals of TiO₂, Fe₃O₄ or CdS dispersed onto macroporous SiO₂ or ZrO₂ all show a predictable linear shift in the photonic stop band position.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK. richard.douthwaite@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Rik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brydson
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Douthwaite
mesh_terms: D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides