Geoffrey A. Ozin: "Stacking the Nanochemistry Deck"

Geoffrey A. Ozin
Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Chemistry Department, University of Toronto, Canada

Stacking the Nanochemistry Deck

The development of active photonic crystals is a theme of great interest for a wide variety of applications. In this lecture I will address the structural and compositional diversity that is attainable in novel one dimensional photonic structure’s known as Bragg mirrors which can be made from a range of well known nanomaterials. The unification of various materials properties with photonic crystal structural color and active color tuning provides new chemical opportunities for the development of functional photonic structures for a myriad of perceived applications from sensors and switches, light emitting diodes and lasers, delivery systems and catalysts.