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Self-Assembly of Polyhedral Hybrid Colloidal Particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Adeline Perro ,
Etienne Duguet ,
Serge Ravaine  and
Vinothan N. Manoharan
Adeline Perro
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
Etienne Duguet
Affiliation:
CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB, Pessac, France
Serge Ravaine
Affiliation:
CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, CRPP, Pessac, France
Vinothan N. Manoharan
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
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Abstract

We have developed a new method to produce hybrid particles with polyhedral shapes in very high yield (liter quantities at up to 70% purity) using a combination of emulsion polymerization and inorganic surface chemistry. The procedure has been generalized to create complex geometries, including hybrid line segments, triangles, tetrahedra, octahedra, and more. The optical properties of these particles are tailored for studying their dynamics and self-assembly. For example, we produce systems that consist of index-matched spheres allowing us to define the position of each elementary particle in three-dimensional space. We present some preliminary studies on the self-assembly of these complex shaped systems based on electron and optical microscopy.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1135: Symposium CC – Design, Fabrication and Self Assembly of “Patchy” and Anisometric Particles , 2008 , 1135-CC06-08
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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