A version of Stöber synthesis enabling the facile prediction of silica nanospheres size for the fabrication of opal photonic crystals

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1225-1229

  Santamaría Razo, Diego Adolfo ^a   Pallavidino, Luca ^a   Garrone, Edoardo ^a   Geobaldo, Francesco ^a   Descrovi, Emiliano ^a   Chiodoni, Angelica ^a   Giorgis, Fabrizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 D Photonic crystals; Bragg reflection peak; Colloids; Monodispersed silica nanospheres; Self assembly; Synthetic opals

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GELATION; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONICS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ARTIFICIAL OPALS; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LATTICE PARAMETERS; MONO-DISPERSED; NANOFLUIDS (NFS); OPAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SILICA NANOSPHERES; SILICON ALKOXIDE; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; WIDE-RANGE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

NANOSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 48349087159     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9373-4     Document Type: Article

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