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Synthesis of Amphiphilic Mushroom Cap‐shaped Colloidal Particles towards Fabrication of Anisotropic Colloidal Crystals
Author(s) -
Xu Liang,
Li Heng,
Jiang Xi,
Wang Jingxia,
Li Lin,
Song Yanlin,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201000156
Subject(s) - amphiphile , wetting , colloid , materials science , anisotropy , colloidal crystal , fabrication , colloidal particle , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , composite material , optics , copolymer , polymer , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
In this work, we design and synthesize a kind of amphiphilic mushroom cap‐shaped particles with wettability difference on the opposite sides of the particles. Colloidal crystals consisting of uniformly oriented anisotropic particles were fabricated on the water–air interface based on the wettability difference of particles. This simple approach offers a new way for self‐assembly of anisotropic colloidal crystal by amphiphilic design of particles.