Structural transformations of growing thin colloidal crystals in confined space via convective assembly
| Autor: | Haruhiko Koizumi, Sumeng Hu, Suxia Guo, Kejia Kang, Jun Nozawa, Satoshi Uda, Zon Han Wei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Convection
Materials science Crystal growth 02 engineering and technology Colloidal crystal 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Square (algebra) 0104 chemical sciences Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Biomaterials Colloid and Surface Chemistry Sphere packing Chemical physics Particle Grain boundary 0210 nano-technology Confined space |
| Zdroj: | Journal of colloid and interface science. 591 |
| ISSN: | 1095-7103 |
| Popis: | The structural evolution of growing thin colloidal crystals in a confined space via the convective assembly technique has been investigated. The thin colloidal crystals were grown in a wedge-shaped cell, where the height of the cell increased with increased crystal growth. Triangle and square patterns, denoted as [1 1 1]- and [1 0 0]-oriented grains, respectively, were formed alternately as the height of the cell increased. The structural transformation was associated with an increase in the number of layers when the n-layer [1 0 0]-oriented grains changed to n + 1-layer [1 1 1]-oriented grains. Between the different grain structures, a stripe pattern was observed, which was a transitional region, where particle configuration gradually changed. The structural transformation occurred through the continuous change of particle configuration rather than through the abrupt formation of a grain boundary. The interval of the strip pattern lengthened as the number of layers increased, which is understood to be the structure with the highest packing density. The findings of the study give a better insight into convective assembly in a confined space, and also contribute to the greater structural control of colloidal crystals, useful for a number of applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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