Artificial opal photonic crystals and inverse opal structures - fundamentals and applications from optics to energy storage

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dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Eileen
dc.contributor.authorO'Dwyer, Colm
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technologyen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-12T12:38:58Z
dc.date.available2016-01-12T12:38:58Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-20
dc.description.abstractPhotonic crystals (PhCs) influence the propagation of light by their periodic variation in dielectric contrast or refractive index. This review outlines the attractive optical qualities inherent to most PhCs namely the presence of full or partial photonic band gaps and the possibilities they present towards the inhibition of spontaneous emission and the localization of light. Colloidal self-assembly of polymer or silica spheres is one of the most favoured and low cost methods for the formation of PhCs as artificial opals. The state of the art in growth methods currently used for colloidal self-assembly are discussed and the use of these structures for the formation of inverse opal architectures is then presented. Inverse opal structures with their porous and interconnected architecture span several technological arenas - optics and optoelectronics, energy storage, communications, sensor and biological applications. This review presents several of these applications and an accessible overview of the physics of photonic crystal optics that may be useful for opal and inverse opal researchers in general, with a particular emphasis on the recent use of these three-dimensional porous structures in electrochemical energy storage technology. Progress towards all-optical integrated circuits may lie with the concepts of the photonic crystal, but the unique optical and structural properties of these materials and the convergence of PhC and energy storage disciplines may facilitate further developments and non-destructive optical analysis capabilities for (electro)chemical processes that occur within a wide variety of materials in energy storage research.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (RS/2010/2920); Science Foundation Ireland (SFI Grant 07/BK/1232a-STTF11)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationARMSTRONG, E. & O'DWYER, C. 2015. Artificial opal photonic crystals and inverse opal structures - fundamentals and applications from optics to energy storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3, 6109-6143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TC01083Gen
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/C5TC01083G
dc.identifier.endpage6143en
dc.identifier.issn2050-7526
dc.identifier.issued24en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Materials Chemistry Cen
dc.identifier.startpage6109en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2179
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Royal Society of Chemistryen
dc.rights© 2015, the Authors. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectChemical analysisen
dc.subjectCrystallographyen
dc.subjectEnergy gapen
dc.subjectEnergy storageen
dc.subjectInverse problemsen
dc.subjectLighten
dc.subjectMaterials propertiesen
dc.subjectPhotonic band gapen
dc.subjectPhysical opticsen
dc.subjectRefractive indexen
dc.subjectSelf assemblyen
dc.subjectSilicate mineralsen
dc.subjectBiological applicationsen
dc.subjectColloidal self-assemblyen
dc.subjectDielectric contrastsen
dc.subjectElectrochemical energy storageen
dc.subjectInverse-opal structureen
dc.subjectPhotonic crystalsen
dc.subjectPhCsen
dc.subjectPropagation of lightsen
dc.titleArtificial opal photonic crystals and inverse opal structures - fundamentals and applications from optics to energy storageen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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