Fabrication of large binary colloidal crystals with a NaCl structure

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 16063-16067

  Vermolen, E C M ^a   Kuijk, A ^a   Filion, L C ^a   Hermes, M ^a   Thijssen, J H J ^a,b   Dijkstra, M ^a   Van Blaaderen, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloidal materials; Photonic crystals; Self assembly; Surface patternings (epitaxy)

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAVITATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 70349499332     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900605106     Document Type: Article

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