Vertical cell assembly of colloidal crystal films with controllable thickness

Materials Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1981-1983

  Wang, Xinying ^a   Husson, Scott M ^b   Qian, Xianghong ^a   Wickramasinghe, S Ranil ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse colloidal crystals; Membrane; Nanoparticles; Opals; Photonic crystals; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CELL ASSEMBLY; COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL FILMS; COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; INVERSE COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; MACROPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROSCOPE COVER GLASS; OPALS; SELF-ASSEMBLE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTIC FILMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICATE MINERALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 67651014432     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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