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Microassembly in 3D

Useful photonic materials must be engineered to high specifications. Microassembly is one solution to building the next generation of photonic crystal structures, as well as many other tiny devices for manipulating light.

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Figure 1: Microassembly of 3D photonic crystals.

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De La Rue, R. Microassembly in 3D. Nature Mater 2, 74–76 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat818

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