Synthesis and assembly of nonspherical hollow silica colloids under confinement

  • Stephanie H. Lee
  • , Sharon J. Gerbode
  • , Bettina S. John
  • , Angie K. Wolfgang
  • , Fernando A. Escobedo
  • , Itai Cohen
  • , Chekesha M. Liddell

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Abstract

Hard peanut-shaped colloids were synthesized and organized into a degenerate crystal (DC), a phase previously observed only in simulations. In this structure, particle lobes tile a triangular lattice while their orientations uniformly populate the three underlying crystalline directions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4912-4916
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry
Volume18
Issue number41
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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