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The Preparation of Mesoscopic Rings in Colloidal Crystal Templates
Author(s) -
Yan Feng,
Goedel Werner A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460584
Subject(s) - mesoscopic physics , materials science , capillary action , colloidal particle , template , colloid , liquid crystal , nanotechnology , colloidal crystal , crystallography , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , condensed matter physics , physics , optoelectronics , engineering
Partially filling a colloidal crystal can give rise to mesoscopic rings (see scheme). The liquid forms rings by capillary forces in the wedges around the contact points between particles. The liquid is solidified, the templating particles are removed, and dispersions of solid rings remain.