Stimuli-Responsive Photonic Crystals

Recently, tunable photonic crystals (PhCs) have received great research interest, thanks to the wide range of applications in which they can be employed, such as light emission and sensing, among others. In addition, versatility ease fabrication PhCs allow for integration a large responsive elements that, turn, permit active tuning PhC optical properties upon application external stimuli, e.g., physical, chemical or even biological triggers. this work, we summarize most employed theoretical tools used design techniques. Furthermore, collect relevant results related field, with particular emphasis on electrochromic devices.