Conspectus Colloidal photonic crystals (PhCs), periodically arranged monodisperse
nanoparticles, have emerged as one of the most promising materials for light manipulation …

While structural color materials have nonfading properties and contribute significantly to the
sustainable development of pigments or dyes, they are plagued by low color saturation and …

Self-assembly of monodisperse colloidal particles into regular lattices has provided
relatively simple and economical methods to prepare photonic crystals. The photonic stop …

Colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) have attracted extensive interests because of their
excellent optical properties and advantages such as ease in preparation, cost‐effectiveness …

Over the last three decades, photonic crystals (PhCs) have attracted intense interests thanks
to their broad potential applications in optics and photonics. Generally, these structures can …

Colloidal crystals (CC) are closely related to photonic crystals (PC) as both of them can be
considered as composite materials with a spatial periodic distribution of building blocks. In …

This paper highlights the research advances in patterned colloidal photonic crystals (PCs)
fabricated by inkjet printing. Firstly, we introduce the formation process for the inkjet droplets …

Colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) have been extensively investigated since they can be
prepared in an efficient and low-cost way. Different from the conventional PCs with highly …

Colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) have been well developed because they are easy to
prepare, cost‐effective, and versatile with regards to modification and functionalization …

Over a decade ago, theorists predicted that photonic crystals active at visible and near-
infrared wavelengths would possess a variety of exciting optical properties. Only in the last …