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Nucleation and growth of two-dimensional colloidal crystals
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Dushkin, Ceco D. Yoshimura, Hideyuki Nagayama, Kuniaki |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Abstract | Abstract We first grow two-dimensional crystals of nanometer latex particles from a thin film of water suspension placed on a flat solid substrate. The crystallization is performed by controlling the evaporation rate of water and the meniscus profile. The kinetic observations of the crystallization demonstrate two distinct processes: nucleation, preceded by thinning of the thin liquid film, and crystal growth. The crystal grows linearly in size, and its area increases as a quadratic function of time, due to the convective influx of particles from the suspension. A simple model of crystal growth interprets the kinetic data. |
| Starting Page | 455 |
| Ending Page | 460 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/0009-2614(93)89186-L |
| Volume Number | 204 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/publications/1993/pdf/pdf/1993-24-CD-2D-kin.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614%2893%2989186-L |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |