Photonic crystals
Colorful Structures Made with Just One 3D Printing Ink
With the use of nonequilibrium self-assembly with direct-write 3D printing, researchers have created photonic crystals (PCs) with tunable structure color. Inspired by nature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of…
Shrinking Photonic Crystals Allow International Researchers to 3D Print in Microscopic Color
In ‘Structural Color 3D Printing By Shrinking Photonic Crystals,’ international researchers explain that while inspiration may arise from nature, in displays of photonic crystals offering colorful patterns on everything from…