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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Noel R. Vanier, Wexford, PA (US);
Eldon L. Decker, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Stuart D. Hellring, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xiangling Xu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sean Purdy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory J. Mccollum, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Noel R. Vanier, Wexford, PA (US);
Eldon L. Decker, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Stuart D. Hellring, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xiangling Xu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sean Purdy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory J. McCollum, Gibsonia, PA (US);
PRC-DeSoto International, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A composite photonic crystal comprising an inverse opal structure defining an ordered array of voids with a filler composition received within the voids. A property of the filler composition changes in response to a stimulus, such as a temperature change, thereby changing the band gap of radiation that is reflected by the composite photonic crystal.