Fast growth of silica colloidal crystals

Journal of the Korean Physical Society

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 817-819

  Kang, Daeseung ^a   Clark, Noel A ^b  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg reflection; Colloidal crystal; Opal; Photonic crystal; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036864428     PISSN: 03744884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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