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Publications and notes gathered by subject. Many projects cross more than one area; the archive is designed to reveal those connections.

Colloidal Crystal Thin Films Grown into Corrugated Surface Templates

March 16, 2010

Patterned DVD surfaces act as templates for one- and two-dimensional colloidal crystals, producing a rich variety of particle arrangements controlled by the relationship between groove width and sphere…

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Layering transitions in confined colloidal crystals: The hcp-like phase

April 10, 2007

Confined nearly hard spheres exhibit smooth morphological transitions through a general hcp-like ordering that adapts continuously to changes in cell thickness from two to six layers.

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