Random hcp and fcc structures in thermoresponsive microgel crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Brijitta, J ^a   Tata, B V R ^a   Joshi, R G ^a   Kaliyappan, T ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL LIQUIDS; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CRYSTAL PLANES; CRYSTALLINE STATE; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FACE CENTERED CUBIC STRUCTURE; FCC STRUCTURES; HARD SPHERES; HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKING; IN-PLANE; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MICROGEL; MICROGEL PARTICLES; MONODISPERSE; PAIR CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; PARTICLE POSITION; POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); PRECIPITATION POLYMERIZATIONS; REAL SPACE STRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZED SAMPLES; SLOW COOLING; STACKING DISORDERS; STACKING SEQUENCE; THERMO-RESPONSIVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME PHASE TRANSITION;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SPACE PLATFORMS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 69249169931     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3210765     Document Type: Article

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