Fractionalization of interstitials in curved colloidal crystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 948-951

  Irvine, William T M ^a   Bowick, Mark J ^b   Chaikin, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TOPOLOGY;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; EFFECT OF CURVATURE; HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; PARTICLE REARRANGEMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 84867770814     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3429     Document Type: Article

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