Blue-phase templated fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures for photonic applications

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 599-603

  Castles, F ^a   Day, F V ^a   Morris, S M ^a   Ko, D H ^b   Gardiner, D J ^a   Qasim, M M ^a   Nosheen, S ^a   Hands, P J W ^a   Choi, S S ^a   Friend, R H ^b   Coles, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FABRICATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID LASERS; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS; TEMPLATED FABRICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

EID: 84862698612     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3330     Document Type: Article

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