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Colloid Crystal Growth on Mesoscopically Patterned Surfaces: Effect of Confinement
Author(s) -
Kumacheva E.,
Golding R.K.,
Allard M.,
Sargent E.H.
Publication year - 2002
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(20020205)14:3<221::aid-adma221>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - materials science , colloid , colloidal crystal , nanotechnology , crystal growth , crystal (programming language) , holography , nanoscopic scale , optics , crystallography , chemistry , physics , computer science , programming language
A very promising avenue for controlled growth of large‐scale colloidal crystals has been opened. The speed of colloid crystal growth can be controlled by adjusting the electrodeposition parameters, and precise control of the degree of confinement is achieved by holographic patterning. This method also yields a new way of studying 2D and 3D confinement‐induced order–disorder transitions (see Figure) in complex fluids.