Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

Silica–metal nanostructures consisting of silica cores and metal nanoshells attract a lot of
attention because of their unique properties and potential applications ranging from …

Structural colors enable the creation of a spectrum of nonfading colors without pigments,
potentially replacing toxic metal oxides and conjugated organic pigments. However …

We report two different, solution-based approaches that have allowed us to process metals
with melting points below 400° C as monodispersed spherical colloids, in copious …

Gold nanoparticles have been coated with amorphous silica to form spherical colloids with a
core− shell structure. The thickness of silica shells could be conveniently controlled in the …

Gold nanoparticles have been conformally coated with amorphous silica (using a sol− gel
method) and then an organic polymer (via surface-grafted, atom transfer radical …

A simple core-shell two-dimensional photonic crystal is studied where the triangular lattice
symmetry and the C_6 point group symmetry give rich physics in accidental touching points …

Nanoshells, which are thin coatings deposited on core particles of different material have
gained considerable attention. These materials show novel properties which are different …

It has been nearly 8 years since the first edition of this book was published. I was surprised
as well as pleased to find that people who are practicing on nanofabrication for their own …

The Stöber method has been adopted to prepare hybrid core− shell particles by coating the
surfaces of monodisperse polystyrene beads with uniform silica shells. Polystyrene beads …