Ordered Hybrid Micro/Nanostructures and Their Optical Applications

Abstract Recent advances in manufacturing and technology of ordered hybrid micro/nanostructures have acquired many breakthroughs. With the aid of the cooperation of various materials, the ordered hybrid micro/nanostructures exhibit high‐quality performance and mechanical stability and allow the modulation on the light–matter interaction in a controllable manner, thereby enabling a wide variety of innovative applications. This article reviews recent developments of ordered hybrid micro/nanostructures, with emphasis on the periodic laminar structure, colloidal crystal, and its derivative patterns. Herein, the elegant optical properties derived from structures are mainly referred to. Besides, the fabrication techniques of ordered structures are briefly described. Moreover, an updated overview of the literature on optical application examples of ordered hybrid micro/nanostructures is listed in detail. Finally, the current challenges and directions for future development are elucidated.