Self-assembly lights up

被引:150
作者
Joannopoulos, JD [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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10.1038/35104718
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Opals do it, even biomolecules do it, so why can't self-assembly be harnessed to create photonic crystals with near-perfect order? A new technique shows that absolute order may not require absolute control.
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