Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 957-960

  Kang, Youngjong ^a,b   Walish, Joseph J ^a   Gorishnyy, Taras ^a   Thomas, Edwin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; HYDROPHILICITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; REFRACTION;

OPTICAL TUNABILITY; PHOTONIC GELS; SALT CONCENTRATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 36749032372     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2032     Document Type: Review

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