Ionic colloidal crystals of oppositely charged particles

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7056, 2005, Pages 235-240

  Leunissen, Mirjam E ^a   Christova, Christina G ^a   Hynninen, Antti Pekka ^a   Royall, C Patrick ^a,c   Campbell, Andrew I ^a   Imhof, Arnout ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a   Van Roij, René ^b   Van Blaaderen, Alfons ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLASS TRANSITION; MICROMETERS;

BINARY CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION; ELECTRIC FIELD MELTS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION; IONIC COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FREEZING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUSPENSION;

EID: 24744460497     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03946     Document Type: Article

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