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Title: Fabrication of Photonic band gap Materials

Patent Application ·
OSTI ID:784376

A method for forming a periodic dielectric structure exhibiting photonic band gap effects includes forming a slurry of a nano-crystalline ceramic dielectric or semiconductor material and monodisperse polymer microsphere, depositing a film of the slurry on a substrate, drying the film, and calcining the film to remove the polymer microsphere there from. The film may be cold-pressed after drying and prior to calcining. The ceramic dielectric or semiconductor material may be titania, and the polymer microsphere may be polystyrenemicrosphere.

Research Organization:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
Assignee:
DOEGC; EDB-01:075486
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A9477191; US patents application 9-477,191
Application Number:
9-477,191; TRN: AH200129%%217
OSTI ID:
784376
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2000 Jan 05; Other Information: PBD: 5 Jan 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English