采用溶胶凝胶协同自组装与光刻相结合的方法在反蛋白石结构薄膜中引入二维缺陷

采用溶胶凝胶协同自组装与光刻相结合的方法,在光子晶体反蛋白石结构中引入缺陷,通过溶胶凝胶协同自组装方法在硅片上垂直沉积胶体晶体复合薄膜,把BP212正性光刻胶均匀旋涂在复合薄膜上,通过曝光、显影等光刻工艺,把掩膜版图案复制在复合薄膜上,用此样品再次垂直沉积一层复合薄膜,使图案被复合薄膜覆盖.最后去除胶体微球与光刻胶图案,从而在反蛋白石结构中引入缺陷,用扫描电子显微镜对样品进行表征.分析了光刻胶图案对胶体微球排列的影响.     

低压化学气相沉积技术制备锗反蛋白石三维光子晶体

采用溶剂蒸发对流自组装法将单分散SiO2微球组装形成三维有序胶体晶体模板,用低压化学气相沉积法填充高折射率材料锗,酸洗去除SiO2模板,获得了锗反蛋白石三维光子晶体.通过扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪和紫外-可见-近红外光谱仪对锗反蛋白石的形貌、成分、结构和光学性能进行了表征.结果表明：锗在SiO2微球空隙内具有较高的结晶质量,填充致密均匀.通过改变沉积工艺,可控制锗的填充率;制备的锗反蛋白三维光子晶体具有明显的光学反射峰,表现出光学带隙效应.测试的光学性能与理论计算基本吻合.     

低压化学气相沉积技术制备锗反蛋白石三维光子晶体

采用溶剂蒸发对流自组装法将单分散SiO2微球组装形成三维有序胶体晶体模板,用低压化学气相沉积法填充高折射率材料锗,酸洗去除SiO2模板,获得了锗反蛋白石三维光子晶体.通过扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪和紫外-可见-近红外光谱仪对锗反蛋白石的形貌、成分、结构和光学性能进行了表征.结果表明:锗在SiO2微球空隙内具有较高的结晶质量,填充致密均匀.通过改变沉积工艺,可控制锗的填充率;制备的锗反蛋白三维光子晶体具有明显的光学反射峰,表现出光学带隙效应.测试的光学性能与理论计算基本吻合.     

柔性PMMA反蛋白石结构薄膜的制备及表征

以粒径为270 nm的SiO_2微球胶体晶体作为模板,向其中填充过量单体MMA,热聚合后形成SiO_2/PMMA复合结构光子晶体,将此光子晶体浸泡入浓度为20%的HF溶液中,刻蚀半小时后得到脱离ITO玻璃基板的柔性PMMA反蛋白石结构薄膜.该薄膜为周期有序的三维多孔结构,孔径大小均一,约为210 nm,外观蓝紫色与测试得到的带隙位置相对应.分析其微观形貌可知,对模板的过量填充产生了一层附着于胶体晶体上表面的PMMA致密层,致密层与其下层PMMA反蛋白石结构骨架在热聚合过程中由于体积收缩产生一定的应力差,使反结构薄膜自发从原基板脱离,从而获得柔性反蛋白石结构光子晶体.该薄膜可用于柔性光子晶体器件的制备.     

蛋白石型光子晶体红外隐身材料的制备

基于光子晶体的红外隐身材料,主要采取一维层层堆叠结构和三维木堆结构等来实现对红外波段电磁波辐射性能的调控.本文报道了一种操作简易、成本低廉的光子晶体红外隐身材料制备方法.通过优化的垂直沉积法,微米级SiO_2胶体微球自组装成高质量的蛋白石型光子晶体结构.对SiO_2胶体微球进行优选,成功制备了禁带位于2.8—3.5μm,8.0—10.0μm的SiO_2胶体晶体蛋白石型光子晶体材料.该材料可改变目标相应波段的红外辐射特征,具有目标红外波段的隐身效果.     

采用溶胶凝胶协同自组装方法制备SiO2反蛋白石结构薄膜及其光学性质研究

研究了溶胶凝胶协同自组装制备大面积高质量SiO₂反蛋白石结构薄膜的方法. 向单分散的聚苯乙烯(PS)胶体溶液中添加SiO₂前驱物溶液,用垂直自组装法一步得到微球空隙中均匀填充有凝胶的 复合PS胶体晶体薄膜,在空气中烧结去除PS后得到SiO₂反蛋白石结构薄膜.通过对添加前驱物溶液比例、 自组装温度以及烧结温度等参数的研究,用不同粒径的PS微球制备了不同孔径的高质量SiO₂反蛋白石结构薄膜. 用扫描电子显微镜和X射线能量色散谱仪对制备得到的薄膜样品进行显微形貌和成分表征,并测试了其透射光谱. 结果表明:溶胶凝胶协同自组装法制备的SiO₂反蛋白石结构薄膜大面积高度有序,孔径可以控制且选择范围宽; 薄膜的透射光谱带隙明显,带隙中心波长与理论计算结果相符.     

CeO_2:Eu~(3+)反蛋白石的制备与性质研究

以自组装法制备的面心立方结构的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)蛋白石为模板,采用溶胶凝胶法制备二氧化铈(CeO2)掺杂铕离子(Eu3+)的反蛋白石结构光子晶体.利用XRD,SEM,UV-Vis等测量手段研究了光子禁带特性,样品在低温下的发光特性也被研究.结果表明CeO2:Eu3+反蛋白石的光子禁带是413nm,PMMA蛋白石的光子禁带是612nm,与理论计算结果十分吻合.且随着温度的降低,Eu3+离子所处晶体场的对称性下降.     

热处理温度对蛋白石晶体的影响

 采用等体积快速混合法制备了不同粒径的单分散SiO₂微球,通过重力垂直沉降自组装形成了蛋白石模板,研究了热处理温度对蛋白石晶体模板形貌、结构与光学性能的影响。SEM,TG-DSC,UV-Vis等分析表明：热处理可提高组装微球的粘合性与模板的机械强度;SiO₂胶体模板煅烧温度在700～800 ℃较为合适;热处理能够改变蛋白石晶体光子带隙的位置,随着煅烧温度的升高,带隙发生蓝移并且带隙逐渐变窄。     

中红外完全带隙Si反蛋白石光子晶体的制备与光学性能研究

通过溶剂蒸发对流自组装法制备SiO2胶体晶体,采用低压化学气相沉积法填充Si,制备得到Si反蛋白石(opal)三维光子晶体.采用扫描电子显微镜对Si反opal的显微形貌进行表征,采用平面波展开法理论模拟Si反opal的光子带隙,采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪测试其光学性能.研究结果表明:Si在SiO2微球空隙内填充致密均匀,显微红外光谱测试的光子带隙反射峰位置及带宽与理论计算基本符合.变角度反射光谱测试表明,Si反opal沿不同角度入射时在中心波长3319nm处均存在明显的反射峰,证明其具有完全光子带隙,带隙位于中红外大气窗口区域.     

非密堆积TiO2空心微球光子晶体的制备与能带分析

利用胶体自组装、高温烧结和HF酸刻蚀技术,制备了SiO₂微球非密堆积面心立方(FCC)结构的胶体晶体,并以此为模板,利用溶胶凝胶方法和NaOH湿法刻蚀技术制备了TiO₂空心微球非密堆积FCC结构光子晶体.利用电子显微镜分析了晶体的结构,用平面波展开法对该结构进行了能带计算与分析.计算结果表明,制备的TiO₂空心微球非密堆积FCC结构光子晶体在低能区的第二、第三能带之间除布里渊区的W点仍保持简并外,其余各点简并都已经消除. 关键词： 空心微球 非密堆积 光子晶体 光子带隙     

Enhanced photoluminescence from three-dimensional ZnO photonic crystals

We have fabricated optically active ZnO inverse opals by infiltrating polystyrene (PS) opal templates using an electrodeposition process. Compared with bare ZnO films also prepared by electrodeposition, the three-dimensional (3D) ordered ZnO structure exhibits markedly enhanced photoluminescence. The effect of photonic band gap on PL spectra is also clearly observed from the ZnO inverse opal structure.     

Preparation and upconversion emission properties of TiO2 :Yb, Er inverse opals

Inverse opal photonic crystals of Y b³⁺, Er³⁺ co-doped TiO₂ (TiO₂:Yb, Er) were prepared by a self-assembly technique in combination with a sol-gel method. Upconversion (UC) luminescence properties of the inverse opals were investigated. The results show that photonic bandgap has significant influence on the upconversion emission of the TiO₂:Yb, Er inverse opal photonic crystals. Significant suppression of the upconversion emission was detected if the photonic bandgap overlapped with the Er³⁺ ions emission band.     

Optical characterization of synthetic opals

The results of a structural-optical characterization of synthetic opals are presented. Information on the growth-induced features of the opal structure was derived from an analysis of the position and width of the one-dimensional photonic band gap. The structure of the samples was found to vary substantially along the growth axis coinciding with the [111] direction of the fcc lattice. It was shown that the regions corresponding to early stages in the opal structure growth are typically strongly disordered, which manifests itself, in particular, in the crystallites being misoriented relative to the sample growth axis. It was concluded that the regions of synthetic opals most suitable for application as photonic crystals are those corresponding to later growth stages.     

Ultrasmall-angle X-ray scattering analysis of photonic crystal structure

The results of an ultrasmall-angle X-ray scattering study of iron(III) oxide inverse opal thin films are presented. The photonic crystals examined are shown to have fcc structure with amount of stacking faults varying among the samples. The method used in this study makes it possible to easily distinguish between samples with predominantly twinned fcc structure and nearly perfect fcc stacking. The difference observed between samples fabricated under identical conditions is attributed to random layer stacking in the self-assembled colloidal crystals used as templates for fabricating the inverse opals. The present method provides a versatile tool for analyzing photonic crystal structure in studies of inverse opals made of various materials, colloidal crystals, and three-dimensional photonic crystals of other types.     

Enhancing fluorescence of tricolor fluorescent powders by silica inverse opals

Silica inverse opal photonic crystals (PCs) were fabricated by using a sacrificial polymer template method, and were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and reflection spectra. The fluorescence of tricolor fluorescent powders has been enhanced obviously by silica inverse opals as the emission wavelengths of the tricolor fluorescent powders are in the range of stop bands of the inverse opal PCs, which demonstrates that the PCs will be efficient and selective reflection mirrors. A promising application of the strategy would be in novel effective lighting devices. PACS 42.70.Qs; 78.55.-m; 78.55.Mb; 78.68.+m; 78.67.-n An erratum to this article can be found at     

Low-temperature heat capacity and heat conductivity of single-crystal synthetic opals

The heat capacity at constant pressure (in the range 3–50 K) and the lattice heat conductivity (from 5 to 75 K) of a single-crystal synthetic opal are measured. It is shown that the heat capacity of the opal behaves at these temperatures in a way similar to porous amorphous materials. The data on the heat conductivity suggest that single-crystal opals can be related to a class of semicrystalline (partially crystallized amorphous) materials. However, because of specific features of their crystal structure, the opals form a nonstandard type of semicrystalline material which we termed semiamorphous.     

Multiple Bragg diffraction in low-contrast photonic crystals based on synthetic opals

The phenomenon of multiple Bragg diffraction in low-contrast photonic crystals based on synthetic opals has been studied both experimentally and theoretically. The transmission and reflection spectra of opal films near the K point of the Brillouin zone of the face-centered cubic lattice in s-polarization exhibit the effect of anticrossing of dispersion curves corresponding to the (111) and ([`1]11)(\bar 111) photonic stop bands. The effect of quasi-Brewster suppression of stop bands is clearly pronounced in p-polarization. The experimental data are analyzed using the calculation of the band structure of opal with the inclusion of the polarization of incident light.     

Template assisted fabrication technique towards Si-inverse opals with diamond structure

A method to fabricate silicon (Si) inverse opals with diamond structure is introduced. The method is based on the arrangement of silica particles in a template consisting of Si pillars periodically distributed. The profile of the pillars is specially designed to induce the self-organized growth of the particles in a diamond lattice along the (1 1 0) direction. Afterwards, the inverse structure is achieved by infiltrating the opal with Si and subsequently removing the silica by chemical means. Different from a former approach based on robotic manipulation, this method allows the fabrication of large samples available for integration in planar photonic devices.     

Photonic band gap properties of GaP opals with a new topology

In this paper, we propose that the “anomalous” optical response exhibited by GaP and InP infiltrated opals is due to the peculiar morphology shown by these materials when grown within the pores. In order to account for their optical response, we propose a new structural model consisting of a network of high dielectric spheres located in the pores of the bare opal, interconnected by cylinders of the same material. A fair agreement between the theoretical predictions using this model and the experimental measurements has been found. We also show that the inverse structure presents very interesting optical properties.