Abstract
A method for fabricating colloidal clusters of tetrahedra, octahedra, and other clusters is described. Such clusters are used to form a new class of colloidal particles with directional interactions. These can be used to greatly expand the types of colloidal crystals that can be self-assembled for photonic band gap materials.
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