Issue 3, 2010
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Soft Matter

Fluid-interface templating of two-dimensional colloidal crystals†

Bum Jun Parka  and  Eric M. Furst*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
E-mail: furst@udel.edu
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Abstract

We present a method for fabricating close-packed two-dimensional colloidal crystals on a solid substrate via capillary forces mediated by the presence of a nearby oil–water interface. We demonstrate that the resulting crystals are soft and anneal defects rapidly, making this a facile and possibly scalable method of directed colloidal assembly.

Graphical abstract: Fluid-interface templating of two-dimensional colloidal crystals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B919629C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Sep 2009
Accepted
07 Dec 2009
First published
23 Dec 2009

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 485-488

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Fluid-interface templating of two-dimensional colloidal crystals

B. J. Park and E. M. Furst, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 485 DOI: 10.1039/B919629C

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