Optochemical Self-Organisation of Functional Microstructures

Our group previously reported an optochemical organization route to 3-D optical and microstructural lattices that combines the spontaneity of self-organisation to the precision and directionality of lithography. This method exploits the inherent instability of a broad, uniform beam of white light propagating in a photopolymer and its consequent division into identical filaments of light. By imposing spatially controlled noise on the light beam, …