Convenient and Efficient Fabrication of Colloidal Crystals Based on Solidification-Induced Colloidal Assembly
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Particle/Water Precursors
2.2. Fabrication and Characterization of Colloidal Crystals
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Shao, T.; Sun, L.; Yang, C.; Ye, X.; Chen, S.; Luo, X. Convenient and Efficient Fabrication of Colloidal Crystals Based on Solidification-Induced Colloidal Assembly. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040575
Shao T, Sun L, Yang C, Ye X, Chen S, Luo X. Convenient and Efficient Fabrication of Colloidal Crystals Based on Solidification-Induced Colloidal Assembly. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(4):575. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040575
Chicago/Turabian StyleShao, Ting, Laixi Sun, Chun Yang, Xin Ye, Shufan Chen, and Xuan Luo. 2019. "Convenient and Efficient Fabrication of Colloidal Crystals Based on Solidification-Induced Colloidal Assembly" Nanomaterials 9, no. 4: 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040575