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Fabrication and characterization of colloidal crystal thin films

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European Journal of Physics · Journal article · 2 February 2011

I. Rodríguez, F. Ramiro-Manzano, F. Meseguer and E. Bonet

European Journal of Physics

Volume 32 · Issue 2

Pages 505-515

2011

Article summary

This work presents a laboratory experiment for undergraduate and graduate students that introduces colloidal-crystal concepts through the growth of thin films from a latex colloidal solution in a wedge cell. Varying the cell thickness produces microcrystals with different structures and orientations, which are characterized from top-view and edge-view scanning electron microscopy images.

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I. Rodríguez, F. Ramiro-Manzano, F. Meseguer and E. Bonet. “Fabrication and characterization of colloidal crystal thin films.” Eur. J. Phys. 32(2), 505-515 (2011). DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/32/2/021.

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Rodríguez, I., Ramiro-Manzano, F., Meseguer, F. and Bonet, E. “Fabrication and characterization of colloidal crystal thin films.” Eur. J. Phys. 32(2), 505-515 (2011). DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/32/2/021.

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This article was published on a subscription basis. IOP Publishing allows named authors to reuse their original figures with adequate citation and copyright notice, and permits posting of the Accepted Manuscript subject to the applicable author-rights terms and provenance statement. The local file reviewed for this catalogue is the typeset Version of Record, so the PDF is not hosted here. Three complete original figures are reproduced below with full credit. Use the DOI or publisher link to access the journal record.

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Figure 7. (a) Coloured multiband of colloidal crystal thin films and (b) microscopic photograph of the sample used to mark the way and the areas to be analysed.

From I. Rodríguez et al., European Journal of Physics 32, 505-515 (2011), DOI 10.1088/0143-0807/32/2/021. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd. Reused by the authors under IOP author rights.

Figure 8. SEM images of the triangular facet: (a) top and (b) edge views.

From I. Rodríguez et al., European Journal of Physics 32, 505-515 (2011), DOI 10.1088/0143-0807/32/2/021. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd. Reused by the authors under IOP author rights.

Figure 9. Example SEM images of the square facet: (a) top and (b) edge views.

From I. Rodríguez et al., European Journal of Physics 32, 505-515 (2011), DOI 10.1088/0143-0807/32/2/021. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd. Reused by the authors under IOP author rights.

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