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Nature Materials 6, 177 - 178 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1844

Photonic Crystals: A view of the future

David J. Norris1

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis 55455, USA. e-mail: dnorris@umn.edu


Despite intense research efforts, no three-dimensional materials with a photonic bandgap for visible wavelengths have yet been fabricated. A new self-assembly strategy lays out the route towards the realization of this dream.

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