• DocumentCode
    3648693
  • Title

    Bio-inspired tunable disorder in a 3D photonic crystal via highly controlled partial wetting and drying

  • Author

    Anna V. Shneidman;Ian B. Burgess;Mathias Kolle;Qimin Quan;Joanna Aizenberg;Marko Lončar

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We use highly controlled partial wetting in chemically encoded 3D photonic crystals to study tunable disorder in structurally colored systems. Our experimental and FDTD analyses also guide our design of a colorimetric indicator for organic liquids.
  • Keywords
    "Photonic crystals","Liquids","Reflectivity","Color","Filling","Educational institutions"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • ISSN
    2160-8989
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/QELS.2012.QF2H.5
  • Filename
    6326797