Self-assembly by anti-repellent structures for programming particles with momentum

J Bae, J Yoon, S Oh, K Kim, H Kim, K Hur… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Self-assembled configurations are versatile for applications in which liquid-mediated
phenomena are employed to ensure that static or mild physical interactions between …

Chiral photonic crystals from sphere packing

T Liu, HK Chan, D Wan - Soft Matter, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by recent developments in self-assembled chiral nanostructures, we have explored
the possibility of using spherical particles packed in cylinders as building blocks for chiral …

Function phononic crystals

D Röhlig, E Kuhn, F Teichert, A Thränhardt… - Europhysics …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a novel type of phononic crystal for which the materials parameters are
continuous functions of space coordinates without discontinuities corresponding to a …

Self-assembling clusters of particles on a shrinking liquid surface

X Li, S Zhang, MJ Bowick, D Wan - arxiv preprint arxiv:2405.12707, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
After rainfall, pine needles are observed to float on the surface of small puddles. As the
water evaporates, these pine needles exhibit spontaneous self-assembly into distinct …

Effect of random structural variations on the optical properties of honeycomb photonic crystals

Y Tunçtürk, H Sami Sözüer - Journal of Modern Optics, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Periodic dielectric structures called photonic crystals are being used in various sensors and
devices. Since photonic crystals are designed to operate within certain frequency ranges …

Photonic Crystal based ultra-thin “TM-only” all-optical logic gates

AM Masoud, M Asham, I Maged… - Benha Journal of …, 2024‏ - bjas.journals.ekb.eg
In this study, the authors propose a novel design for all-optical logic gates based on the
interference effect methodology of constructing two-dimensional" photonic crystals". The …

Exploring Hyperuniformity and Photonic Band Gap Properties in 2D Superstructures having mixed Hexatic and Square Symmetries

G Rawat - 2023‏ - ecommons.cornell.edu
In recent years, disordered photonic materials with hyperuniform characteristics have
attracted a great interest due to their unique optical and electronic properties. These …