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Self‐Assembly of Monodispersed Spherical Colloids into Complex Aggregates with Well‐Defined Sizes, Shapes, and Structures
Author(s) -
Yin Y.,
Xia Y.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(200102)13:4<267::aid-adma267>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - materials science , schematic , self assembly , nanotechnology , polystyrene , colloid , variety (cybernetics) , chemical engineering , polymer , computer science , composite material , artificial intelligence , engineering , electronic engineering
The self‐assembly of polystyrene beads into a variety of polygonal and polyhedral clusters is reported. The Figure shows a schematic illustration of the procedure used to form these well‐defined clusters under physical confinement. These aggregates will be useful as new types of building blocks in hierarchical self‐assembly to generate mesostructured, 3D systems of high complexity.