Issue 21, 2010
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Soft Matter

Transient Moiré rotation patterns in thin colloidal crystals

Alexander Reinmüller,*a   Hans Joachim Schöpeb  and  Thomas Palberga  

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a Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, Mainz, Germany
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b Fachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Konstanz, Germany

Abstract

A high resolution optical microscopy study on low salt charged sphere suspensions settling under gravity reveals the formation of AB-stacked triangular layers via different transient structures. In particular, metastable triangular Moiré rotation patterns (formally corresponding to 1 × 1 Rα super structures) with rotation angles α = 27.8° and α = 38.2° are identified.

Graphical abstract: Transient Moiré rotation patterns in thin colloidal crystals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SM00287A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Apr 2010
Accepted
05 Aug 2010
First published
16 Sep 2010

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 5312-5315

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Transient Moiré rotation patterns in thin colloidal crystals

A. Reinmüller, H. J. Schöpe and T. Palberg, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 5312 DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00287A

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