Issue 8, 2011
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Soft Matter

Extraordinary long range order in self-healing non-close packed 2D arrays†

Stefan B. Quintab  and  Claudia Pacholski*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, New Materials and Biosystems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, Stuttgart, Germany
E-mail: Pacholski@mf.mpg.de
Fax: +49 711 689 3699
Tel: +49 711 689 3620

b University of Heidelberg, Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Non-close packed two-dimensional arrays of hydrogel microspheres with exceptional long range order are fabricated by exploiting the remarkable properties of hydrogels such as tunable solubility and self-healing. By addition of alcohol hydrogel microspheres self-assemble at the air/liquid interface into highly crystalline domains which can be merged using mechanical force.

Graphical abstract: Extraordinary long range order in self-healing non-close packed 2D arrays

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SM05058C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jan 2011
Accepted
04 Mar 2011
First published
21 Mar 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 3735-3738

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