Effects of Microsphere Size on the Mechanical Properties of Photonic Crystals

Photonic crystal (PC) thin films that are self-assembled from different-sized silica microspheres were prepared for studying mechanical properties via nanoindentation at the submicron scale. We found that the silica photonic crystals (PCs) possessed a face-centered cubic (FCC) microstructure and the...

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Main Authors: Yuemin Wang, Shuliang Dou, Lei Shang, Panpan Zhang, Xiangqiao Yan, Ke Zhang, Jiupeng Zhao, Yao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Crystals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/8/12/453