Broadband giant-refractive-index material based on mesoscopic space-filling curves

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chang, Taeyong ^a   Kim, Jong Uk ^a   Kang, Seung Kyu ^a   Kim, Hyowook ^a   Kim, Do Kyung ^a   Lee, Yong Hee ^a   Shin, Jonghwa ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR POWER; WAVELENGTH;

CRYSTAL; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; IMAGING; MATHEMATICS; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84984868941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12661     Document Type: Article

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