Fabricación y caracterización óptica de cristales coloidales de alta calidad formados por esferas de SiO2 de 225 nm de diámetro con empaquetamiento fcc crecidos por el método convectivo de auto-ensamblado de deposición vertical

Translated title of the contribution: Fabrication and optical characterization of a high-quality fcc-opal-based photonic crystal grown by the vertical convective self-assembly method

Octavio Alejandro Castañeda-Uribe, Juan Carlos Salcedo-Reyes, Henry Alberto Méndez-Pinzón, Aura Marina Pedroza-Rodríguez

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Abstract

Objective: Fabrication and optical characterization of close-packed 225 nm SiO2 -based colloidal crystals. Materials and methods: The vertical convective self-assembly method is used to grow high-quality 225 nm close-packed SiO2-based colloidal crystals. An annealing process (550°C) is made in order to improve the mechanical stability of the sample. Optical characterization is done by angle-resolved transmission spectroscopy (A-RTS) and structural characterization by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Results: Both, A-RTS and SEM, show that with the vertical convective self-assembly method, with the appropriate parameters of temperature of evaporation (60°C), volume fraction of the colloidal suspension (0.2% w/w) and acidity (pH=6), highly ordered close packed face centered cubic (fcc) SiO2 based colloidal crystals are obtained. Conclusions: The growth of high-quality (long range order and defect-free) face centered cubic opalbased photonic crystals is reported.

Translated title of the contributionFabrication and optical characterization of a high-quality fcc-opal-based photonic crystal grown by the vertical convective self-assembly method
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)150-158
Number of pages9
JournalUniversitas Scientiarum
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2010
Externally publishedYes

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