Nanorod/wire-colloid hybrid architecturing and optical property study

Zero-dimensional and one-dimensional nanomaterials were co-arrayed in a co-continuous manner. It was found that volumetric effects, mechanical flexurality and concentration levels worked to decide the dominant wire/rod-colloid hybrid nanostructures obtained. The convective force driven self-assembly method was used to order the hybrid nanomaterial arrays. The resulting hybrid nanostructure showed optical stop bands, which were tunable by varying the component nanomaterials and incident light angle.