State-of-Art plasmonic photonic crystal based on self-assembled nanostructures

Controlled self-assembly of plasmonic photonic nanostructure provides a cost-effective and efficient methodologyto expand plasmonicphotonic nano-platform of unique, tunable,and coupledoptical characteristics. Keeping advantages, and challenges in view, this present review highlightsthe contemporary advancements towards thedevelopment of self-assembly of a plasmonic photonic nanostructureusing colloidal solution andself-assembly modeling techniquealongwith exploring novel optical properties and associated prospects. The potential applications of self-assembled plasmonicphotonic nano-system to investigate next generation optoelectronics devices, needed to reduce and increase scaling up aspects, and improve performance, are also covered briefly in the review.The need of considerable efforts for design and development towards establish novel cost-effectivemethods to fabricate controlledself-assembled smart nano-plasmonicplatforms are also highlighted in this mini-review.The key confronting issues which limit self-assemblies of photonic nanostructures precisely and desired integration with other device components, mainly includes uniformitywithin a miniaturized devices, are also discussed. This review will serve as a guideline platform to plan advanced research to develop self-assembled plasmonic photonic nano-system to investigate smart functional optical devices.