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Metalattices are three-dimensional interconnected ordered arrays of nanostructured solids with periodicity size range between 1 nm – 100 nm. 2] Functional properties of 3D ordered frameworks such as nano-opals and zeolites can be tuned by infiltrating them with semiconductor materials (like Si, Ge etc) and/or metals (Pt, Ni, Ag etc). The geometry confinement in these metallic nanostructures, such as Ni infiltrated nano-opals, results in an equal length scale of the intrinsic electron mean free path and magnetic characteristic length which can lead to a strong interaction between the intrinsic physical and structural parameters resulting in novel magnetic, electric and thermal behavior. 3,4]