Direct observation of grain rotation-induced grain coalescence in two-dimensional colloidal crystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4266-4272

  Moore, Lee J ^a   Dear, Richard D ^a   Summers, Michael D ^a   Dullens, Roel P A ^a   Ritchie, Grant A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colloids; GRIGC; Nanocrystal growth; spatial light modulator; thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

DIRECT OBSERVATION; GOLD SURFACES; GRAIN COALESCENCE; GRAIN ROTATION; GRAIN SIZE; GRIGC; MODULATED LASERS; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; REAL-TIME DYNAMICS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; TIME-SCALES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NANOCRYSTALS; ROTATION; THERMOPHORESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 77958042015     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102786k     Document Type: Article

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