Synthesis and Assembly of Nonspherical Hollow Silica Colloids Under Confinement

Authors

Stephanie H. Lee, Cornell University
Sharon J. Gerbode, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
Bettina S. John, Cornell University
Angie K. Wolfgang, Cornell University
Fernando A. Escobedo, Cornell University
Itai Cohen, Cornell University
Chekesha M. Liddell, Cornell University

Document Type

Article

Department

Physics (HMC)

Publication Date

9-2008

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.

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© 2008 Lee, Gerbode, et al.

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DOI

10.1039/B812406J

Recommended Citation

S. Lee, S. J. Gerbode, B. John, A. Wolfgang, I. Cohen, F. Escobedo, and C. Liddell, “Synthesis and assembly of nonspherical hollow silica colloids under confinement” J. Mat. Chem., 18(41), 4912– 4916 (2008). doi: 10.1039/B812406J