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Dielectrophoresis Builds Photonic Crystals

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Scientists at the University of Delaware in Newark, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and North Carolina State University in Raleigh have assembled one- and two-dimensional photonic crystals by exposing microspheres to an alternating electric field, which allows them to turn the particle ordering on and off. They suggest that the process, which they describe in the Feb. 10 issue of Applied Physics Letters, may enable the fabrication of switchable photonic materials, as well as solid materials, by embedding the arrays in solids by photopolymerization or sol-gel techniques. In the...Read full article

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    Published: April 2003
    electric fieldMicroscopymicrospheresone- and two-dimensional photonic crystalsResearch & Technology

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