Entropically Driven Colloidal Crystallization on Patterned Surfaces Export

@article{kenghui00, abstract = {We investigate the self-assembly of colloidal spheres on periodically patterned templates. The surface potentials and the surface phases are induced entropically by the presence of dissolved; nonadsorbing polymers. A rich variety of two-dimensional fluidlike and solidlike phases was observed to form on template potentials with both one- and two-dimensional symmetry. The same methodology was then used to nucleate an oriented single fcc crystal more than 30 layers thick. The general approach provides a new route for directed self-assembly of novel mesoscopic structures.}, author = {Lin, Keng-Hui and Crocker, John C. and Prasad, Vikram and Schofield, Andrew and Weitz, D. A. and Lubensky, T. C. and Yodh, A. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {1812979}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1770}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v85/i8/p1770_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v85/i8/p1770_1}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1770}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {crystals, pmma}, number = {8}, pages = {1770--1773}, posted-at = {2007-10-23 22:56:55}, priority = {0}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Entropically Driven Colloidal Crystallization on Patterned Surfaces}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1770}, volume = {85}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - kenghui00 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1812979 N2 - We investigate the self-assembly of colloidal spheres on periodically patterned templates. The surface potentials and the surface phases are induced entropically by the presence of dissolved; nonadsorbing polymers. A rich variety of two-dimensional fluidlike and solidlike phases was observed to form on template potentials with both one- and two-dimensional symmetry. The same methodology was then used to nucleate an oriented single fcc crystal more than 30 layers thick. The general approach provides a new route for directed self-assembly of novel mesoscopic structures. IS - 8 JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 1773 TI - Entropically Driven Colloidal Crystallization on Patterned Surfaces PB - American Physical Society VL - 85 SP - 1770 KW - crystals KW - pmma AU - Lin, Keng-Hui AU - Crocker, John AU - Prasad, Vikram AU - Schofield, Andrew AU - Weitz, DA AU - Lubensky, TC AU - Yodh, AG PY - 2000//21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1770 ER -