FORMATION OF HIGH QUALITY TITANIA, ALUMINA AND OTHER METAL OXIDE TEMPLATED MATERIALS THROUGH COASSEMBLY

A co-assembly method for synthesizing inverse photonic structures is described. The method includes combining an onium compound with a sol-gel precursor to form metal oxide (MO) nanocrystals, where each MO nanocrystal has crystalline and amorphous content. The MO nanocrystals are combined with templating particles to form a suspension. A solvent is evaporated from the suspension to form an intermediate or compound product, which then undergoes calcination to produce an inverse structure. 描述了种用于合成逆反光子结构的共组装方法。该方法包括使鎓化合物与溶胶-凝胶前体结合以形成金属氧化物(MO)纳米晶体，其中每个MO纳米晶体具有结晶和非晶含量。使MO纳米晶体与模板化颗粒结合以形成悬浮液。从悬浮液中蒸发溶剂以形成中间产物或复合产物，然后其经历煅烧以产生逆反结构。