Colloidal Crystal Thins Films Grown into Corrugated Surface Templates

[EN] The influence of patterned surfaces on the formation of one- and two-dimensional colloidal crystals is analyzed. We have used the corrugated surface of a digital versatile disc (DVD) for template surface processing. When the sphere diameter is on the order of the groove width of patterned substrates, a rich variety of particle decorations appear. However, if particle size is much larger than template patterns, large domains of particle ordering are formed.The authors would like to thank A. Moreno for providing wedge type cells, Dr. M. Garin for helpful discussions, and the Electronic Microscopy Service of the UPV for technical support. This work has been partially supported by the Spanish CICyT projects, FIS2009-07812, and Consolider CSD2007-046.Ramiro Manzano, F.; Bonet Salom, E.; Rodríguez, M.; Meseguer Rico, FJ. (2010). Colloidal Crystal Thins Films Grown into Corrugated Surface Templates. Langmuir. 26(7):4559-4562. https://doi.org/10.1021/la904396m4559456226