Directed assembly of Janus particles under high frequency ac-electric fields: Effects of medium conductivity and colloidal surface chemistry

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 13201-13207

  Zhang, Lu ^a,b   Zhu, Yingxi ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b CABOT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COATINGS; COLLOIDAL ASSEMBLY; COLLOIDAL SURFACE; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; FRACTAL AGGREGATION; FREQUENCY LIMITS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HEMISPHERICAL SURFACES; HIGH FREQUENCY; IN-SITU; JANUS PARTICLES; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; PARTICLE SURFACE; PEARL CHAIN; TRANSITION FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYSTYRENES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84866358399     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302725v     Document Type: Article

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