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The production of large-area photonic crystals using a standard ink-jet printer offers a cost-efficient solution for optical coatings and photonic devices.
The efficiency of organic dye-sensitized solar cells is improved by encapsulating the dye molecule in a cyclodextrin molecule adsorbed onto an electron capture material.