Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Covers in equal parts soft matter physics and plasmonics Offers combined experimental, analytical, and numerical results Presents fully rendered colour illustrations of gyroid-structured optical metamaterials

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James completed his PhD, an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Departments of Engineering and Physics at the University of Cambridge, as part of the Nano Doctoral Training Centre (NanoDTC). Prior to this, he graduated with an MEng in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in electrical, electronic and control engineering.

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Introduction.- Theory and Literature.- Methods.- Part I: Sovent Vapour Annealing of a Gyroid-Forming Triblock Terpolimer.- Insitu GISAXS During Solvent Vapour Annealing of a Gyroid-Forming Iso Triblock Terpolimer.- Crystallisation within a Single Gyroid Network.- Part II: Optical Anisotropy in Gyroid Optical Metamaterials.- Multi-domain Gyroid Optical Metamaterials.- Single-Domain Gyroid Optical Metamaterials.- Conclusions and Outlook.