Solvent effect on the self-assembly of colloidal microspheres via a horizontal deposition method

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 402, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-44

  Cai, Zhongyu ^a   Teng, Jinghua ^b   Yan, Qingfeng ^c   Zhao, X S ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colloidal crystals; Horizontal deposition method; Self assembly; Solvent effect

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLS; SOLVENTS; SPHERES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL MICROSPHERES; COLLOIDAL SPHERE; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DEPOSITION METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH QUALITY; LOCAL STRUCTURE; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALCOHOL; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; SOLVENT; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLLOID; COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HORIZONTAL DEPOSITION METHOD; MOLECULAR SIZE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84860915477     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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