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Robust Self‐Assembly of Highly Ordered Complex Structures by Controlled Evaporation of Confined Microfluids
Author(s) -
Hong Suck Won,
Byun Myunghwan,
Lin Zhiqun
Publication year - 2009
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.200804633
Subject(s) - surface (topology) , simple (philosophy) , evaporation , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , geometry , nanotechnology , materials science , mathematics , physics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology , meteorology
Coffee rings : Polymer solutions are confined in a simple geometry comprised of a curved surface placed upon a flat substrate. Simply by changing the shape of the upper surface of the imposed geometry, the controlled, evaporative self‐assembly of polymer solutions yields a variety of complex, intriguing, and well‐ordered structures over large areas (see picture).