Self-assembled organic and polymer photonic crystals for laser applications

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 579-593

  Furumi, Seiichi ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

chiral liquid crystals; colloidal crystals; laser; microparticles; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; self assembly

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE DYES; LIGHT WAVELENGTHS; MICRO-PARTICLES; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS;

COLLOIDS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MICROCOMPUTERS;

EID: 84878911554     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.181     Document Type: Review

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