Microscopy evidence of the face-centered cubic arrangement of monodisperse polystyrene nanospheres

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1045-1049

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Duan, Ren guan ^b   Li, Fan ^c   Tang, Qing ^d   Li, Wen chao ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

FCC structure; Photonic crystal; Polystyrene opal; SEM

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FACE-CENTERED CUBIC PHASE; NANOSPHERES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; POLYSTYRENE OPAL;

POLYSTYRENES;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 33751225072     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2005.09.024     Document Type: Article

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