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Webinar: David Pine - Self-assembly of colloidal diamond and related structures
David Pine
Location: Zoom
Date & time: Wednesday, 04 February 2026 at 10:45AM - 12:00PM
David Pine - NYU
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Zoom opens: 10:30AM EST
Seminar begins: 10:45AM EST
Self-assembly of colloidal diamond and related structures
A long-standing challenge in 3D photonics has been the self-assembly of colloidal crystals with a cubic diamond symmetry. Over the past several years, we have developed several distinct strategies to realize these structures using novel colloidal building blocks and tailored assembly pathways. In this seminar, I will provide an overview of the field and present three successful approaches to forming colloidal diamond. Finally, I will discuss the current prospects and remaining challenges for fabricating 3D photonic crystals with a functional band gap.