Controlling inplane orientation of a monolayer colloidal crystal by meniscus pinning

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2244-2249

  Ng, Eric Chin Hong ^a   Chin, Kah Mun ^b   Wong, C C ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CONTACT LINES; CRYSTAL DIRECTION; DEPINNING; EDGE PINNING; FINGERING INSTABILITIES; GRAIN DISORIENTATION; IN-PLANE ORIENTATION; PINNING EFFECTS; RESIDUAL DEFECTS; SINGLE-DOMAIN CRYSTALS; SURFACE RELIEFS; WETTING FILMS;

COLLOIDS; LIQUIDS; MONOLAYERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 79952608358     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la104265b     Document Type: Article

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