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SUBMITTER: Fruchart M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910856 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fruchart Michel M Jeon Seung-Yeol SY Hur Kahyun K Cheianov Vadim V Wiesner Ulrich U Vitelli Vincenzo V
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180402 16
Soft materials can self-assemble into highly structured phases that replicate at the mesoscopic scale the symmetry of atomic crystals. As such, they offer an unparalleled platform to design mesostructured materials for light and sound. Here, we present a bottom-up approach based on self-assembly to engineer 3D photonic and phononic crystals with topologically protected Weyl points. In addition to angular and frequency selectivity of their bulk optical response, Weyl materials are endowed with to ...[more]