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| ISBN: | 9783319148090
3319148095
3319148087
9783319148083
9783319148083
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | "Doctoral Thesis accepted by Utrecht University, The Netherlands."
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| Summary: | This thesis presents an in-depth study on the effect of colloidal particle shape and formation mechanism on self-organization and the final crystal symmetries that can be achieved. It demonstrates how state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction techniques can be used to produce detailed characterizations of colloidal crystal structures prepared using different self-assembly techniques, and how smart systems can be used to investigate defect formation and diffusion in-situ. One of the most remarkable phenomena exhibited by concentrated suspensions of colloidal particles is the spontaneous self-organization into structures with long-range spatial and/or orientational orders. The study also reveals the subtle structural variations that arise by changing the particle shape from spherical to that of a rounded cube. In particular, the roundness of the cube corners, when combined with the self-organization pathway, convective assembly or sedimentation, was shown to influence the final crystal symmetries.
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| Other form: | Printed edition: 9783319148083
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-14809-0
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