Opal chips: vectorial growth of colloidal crystal patterns inside silicon wafers

Authors
Yang, SM Ozin, GA
Citation
Sm. Yang et Ga. Ozin, Opal chips: vectorial growth of colloidal crystal patterns inside silicon wafers, CHEM COMMUN, (24), 2000, pp. 2507-2508
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
13597345 → ACNP
Issue
24
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2507 - 2508
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(2000):24<2507:OCVGOC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A simple, quick, reproducible and inexpensive method is described that comb ines self-assembly, micro-fluidics and soft lithography, to achieve a novel example of vectorial control of thickness, area, orientation and registry of patterned single crystal silica colloidal crystals in silicon wafers, co ined opal chips, for potential applications in photonic chip and lab-on-chi p technologies.