Self-assembled 3D photonic crystals from ZnO colloidal spheres

Eric W. Seelig; Betty Tang; Alexey Yamilov; Hui Cao; R. P.H. Chang

doi:10.1016/S0254-0584(02)00492-3

Self-assembled 3D photonic crystals from ZnO colloidal spheres

Eric W. Seelig, Betty Tang, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao, R. P.H. Chang^*

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

We present a novel method for the controlled synthesis of monodisperse ZnO colloidal spheres. These spheres are self-assembled into fcc periodic arrays. Optical measurements, including reflection-mode optical microscopy and transmission and single-domain reflection spectroscopy, reveal that the periodic arrays exhibit a photonic band gap in the (1 1 1) direction of the fcc lattice, and calculations are presented to estimate the effective value of the refractive index of the colloidal spheres. Finally, photoluminescence (PL) measurements show that the ZnO lasing thresholds are lower in periodic structures than in random arrays of identical spheres.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	257-263
Number of pages	7
Journal	Materials Chemistry and Physics
Volume	80
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-0584(02)00492-3
State	Published - Apr 29 2003

Funding

This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number ECS-9877113 and by the Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.

Keywords

Colloidal spheres
Photonic crystals
Self-assembly
Zinc oxide

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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