Oriented colloidal-crystal thin films by spin-coating microspheres dispersed in volatile media

Advanced Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2244-2249

  Mihi, Agustín ^a   Ocaña, Manuel ^a   Míguez, Hernán ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLYCOLS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SILICA; SPIN COATING;

COLLOIDAL-CRYSTAL THIN FILMS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL (EG); FACE-CENTERED CUBIC (FCC) STRUCTURE; MONODISPERSE SILICA;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33748950229     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200600555     Document Type: Article

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