Angle-insensitive structural colours based on metallic nanocavities and coloured pixels beyond the diffraction limit

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Yi Kuei Ryan ^a   Hollowell, Andrew E ^a,b   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Jay Guo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 84873640724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01194     Document Type: Article

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