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Colloidal Clusters of Silica or Polymer Microspheres
Author(s) -
Yi G.R.,
Manoharan V. N.,
Michel E.,
Elsesser M. T.,
Yang S.M.,
Pine D. J.
Publication year - 2004
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/adma.200306638
Subject(s) - materials science , microsphere , colloid , polymer , shrinkage , cluster (spacecraft) , emulsion , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , colloidal particle , composite material , computer science , engineering , programming language
An emulsion encapsulation and shrinkage technique for producing large quantities of colloidally stable clusters of microspheres (see Figure) is demonstrated. In spite of differences in particle properties and interactions, the sequence of cluster packings remains the same for three different systems, suggesting that the sphere‐packing process can be successfully applied to a wide range of colloidal materials.