Conclusion and Outlook

Abstract

AbstractThe presented work aimed at the formation of high-quality colloidal crystals from nanoparticles and investigated structure formation processes beyond the close-packing. These problems were tackled with two approaches, convective particle assembly and temperature-induced particle assembly. The first approach started with the assembly of micron and sub-micron sized particles and tried to expand the identified mechanisms to nanoparticles. The second approach started with the assembly of nanoparticles. The two used methods also represented two different crystallization principles. The convective assembly was expected to produce dense packings of particles by minimization of free energy under the action of an external potential. The temperature-induced particle assembly was expected to produce dense packings of particles by minimization of free energy under the action of an attractive interparticle potential.KeywordsParticle AssemblyColloidal CrystalParticle FilmLigand ShellColloidal CrystallizationThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.