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Evaporation-induced self-assembly of capillary cylindrical colloidal crystal in a face-centered cubic structure with controllable thickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2012

Wenhua Guo ,
Ming Wang ,
Wei Xia  and
Lihua Dai
Wenhua Guo
Affiliation:
School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Key Lab on Opto-Electronic Technology, Nanjing 210097, China; and Department of Opto-Electronic Information and Engineering, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
Ming Wang*
Affiliation:
School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Key Lab on Opto-Electronic Technology, Nanjing 210097, China
Wei Xia
Affiliation:
School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Key Lab on Opto-Electronic Technology, Nanjing 210097, China
Lihua Dai
Affiliation:
School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Key Lab on Opto-Electronic Technology, Nanjing 210097, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: wangming@njnu.edu.cn
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Abstract

The fabrication of capillary cylindrical crystals from colloidal suspension with controllable thickness by evaporation-induced self-assembly method has been investigated. The thickness of the hollow cylinders can be precisely controlled ranging from monolayer to tens of layers by varying the suspension concentration. With the increase of suspension concentration, the particles fill completely inside capillaries to form solid bulk crystals and the critical values are found in capillaries with various diameters. Scanning electron microscope images confirm the face-centered-cubic structure in both crystals, but with two different [111] crystalline directions. The experiment parameters, such as the solvent, concentration of the suspension and inner diameter of capillary are studied for the quality and the number of film layers control. Qualitative analysis has been performed to probe into the solvent evaporation modes and the mechanism of particle arrangement inside the capillary.

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capillary cylindrical crystalFCC structurefilm thicknesscrystalline directionevaporation-induced self-assembly
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 13 , 14 July 2012 , pp. 1663 - 1671
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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