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Fabrication and optical characterizations of gold nanoshell opal

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We fabricated three-dimensional photonic crystals by self-assembling gold nanoshells via forced sedimentation method. Gold nanoshells with a diameter of 458 nm (418-nm silica core and 20-nm gold shell) were synthesized and self-assembled into a 5-μm-thick opal structure. We observed reflection peaks at 710 and 1240 nm, which are believed to be from the complete three-dimensional photonic band gap and the (111) directional gap, respectively. Theses results were in good agreement with the photonic band-structure calculations done by the finite-difference time-domain method. Angle-resolved reflectivity measurements were also performed to investigate the existence of the complete three-dimensional photonic band gap.

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    Jin Hyoung Lee, Qi Wu & Wounjhang Park

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Lee, J.H., Wu, Q. & Park, W. Fabrication and optical characterizations of gold nanoshell opal. Journal of Materials Research 21, 3215–3221 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2006.0398

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