Photonic crystal (PC) is an emerging optical microstructure material with adjustable
dielectric constant, which can vary with its space periodically. It has exhibited excellent …

The colloidal domain is characterized by the dimensions of its constituents in the range from
several nanometers to micrometers. Often, these individual entities are organized in …

Counterfeiting is a worldwide issue and has long troubled legitimate businesses, while
nowadays anti‐counterfeiting materials and technology are still insufficient to combat the …

Photonic crystals (PhCs) display photonic stop bands (PSBs) and at the edges of these
PSBs transport light with reduced velocity, enabling the PhCs to confine and manipulate …

Nature has mastered the construction of nanostructures with well-defined macroscopic
effects and purposes. Structural colouration is a visible consequence of the particular …

Templating with colloidal crystals composed of monodisperse spheres is a convenient
chemical method to obtain porous materials with well-ordered periodicity and …

Materials whose dielectric constant varies spatially with submicrometer periodicity exhibit
diffractive optical properties which are potentially valuable in a number of existing and …

Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

This article presents an overview of current research activities that center on monodispersed
colloidal spheres whose diameter falls anywhere in the range of 10 nm to 1 μm. It is …

Self-assembly of colloidal particles into ordered superstructures is an important strategy to
discover new materials, such as catalysts, plasmonic sensing materials, storage systems …