TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lange, Birger
A1  - Wagner, Jürgen
A1  - Zentel, Rudolf
T1  - Fabrication of robust high-quality ORMOCER (R) inverse opals
JF  - Macromolecular rapid communications
N2  - The nanostructuring of ORMOCER (R) to form inverse opals is described. For this purpose a polymer opal is used as a template and infiltrated with liquid ORMOCER (R). After photopolymerization of the resin the host opal is dissolved in tetrahydrofuran and an ORMOCER (R) inverse opal is obtained. It shows excellent periodicity (by SEM) and optical properties to reveal a high degree of face centered cubic order. This replication process leads to a nanostructured photonic crystal with the outstanding mechanical properties of ORMOCER (R) and high temperature stability up to 350 degrees C.
KW  - colloids
KW  - inverse opals
KW  - ORMOCER (R)
KW  - photonic crystal
KW  - self-assembly
Y1  - 2006
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200600429
SN  - 1022-1336
VL  - 27
SP  - 1746
EP  - 1751
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -