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Method for electrohydrodynamically assembling patterned colloidal structures
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | A method apparatus is provided for electrophoretically depositing particles onto an electrode, and electrohydrodynamically assembling the particles into crystalline structures. Specifically, the present method and apparatus creates a current flowing through a solution to cause identically charged electrophoretically deposited colloidal particles to attract each other over very large distances (<5 particle diameters) on the surface of electrodes to form two-dimensional colloidal crystals. The attractive force can be created with both DC and AC fields and can modulated by adjusting either the field strength or frequency of the current. Modulating this lateral attraction between the particles causes the reversible formation of two-dimensional fluid and crystalline colloidal states on the electrode surface. Further manipulation allows for the formation of two or three-dimensional colloidal crystals, as well as more complex designed structures. Once the required structures are formed, these three-dimension colloidal crystals can be permanently frozen or glued by controlled coagulation induced by to the applied field to form a stable crystalline structure. |
| File Size | 1938203 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080004545 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t50g8m592 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-01-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Inorganic, Organic And Physical Chemistry Electrodes Electrophoresis Patents Colloids Deposition Crystal Structure Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |