Opals do it, even biomolecules do it, so why can't self-assembly be harnessed to create photonic crystals with near-perfect order? A new technique shows that absolute order may not require absolute control.
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Joannopoulos, J. Self-assembly lights up. Nature 414, 257–258 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35104718
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