Abstract
Thin colloidal crystals of silica spheres develop cracks when they are utilized to obtain photonic band-gap crystals. By sintering silica spheres prior to assembly of the crystal these cracks can be avoided. A large temperature dependence of the refractive index of the silica spheres may allow tuning their refractive index.
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