Self-organization of colloidal nanospheres inside emulsion droplets: Higher-order clusters, supraparticles, and supraballs

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 345, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Cho, Young Sang ^a   Kim, Shin Hyun ^a   Yi, Gi Ra ^b   Yang, Seung Man ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emulsions; Higher order clusters; Ink jet dripping; Self assembly; Supraballs; Supraparticles

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; EVAPORATION; INK; JETS; NANOSPHERES; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLY; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COLLOIDAL AGGREGATES; CROSS-LINKED POLYSTYRENE; EMULSION DROPLETS; HIGHER ORDER; HIGHER-ORDER CLUSTERS; INK JET TECHNOLOGY; INK-JET DRIPPING; MONODISPERSE; ORDERED STRUCTURES; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SELF-ORGANIZED; SUPRABALLS; SUPRAPARTICLES; TOLUENE DROPLETS; WATER EMULSION;

DROP FORMATION;

NANOSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; TOLUENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CROSS LINKING; EMULSION; EVAPORATION; GEOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION;

EID: 67349137083     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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