Publication: Experimental Observation of the Crystallization of Hard-Sphere Colloidal Particles by Sedimentation onto Flat and Patterned Surfaces
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2009
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American Physical Society
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Ramsteiner, I.B., Katherine Estelle Jensen, David A. Weitz, and Frans A. Spaepen. 2009. Experimental observation of the crystallization of hard-sphere colloidal particles by sedimentation onto flat and patterned surfaces. Physical Review E 79(011403).
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We present a confocal microscopy study of 1.55micrometers monodisperse silica hard spheres as they sediment and crystallize at the bottom wall of a container. If the particles sediment onto a featureless flat wall, the two bottom layers crystallize simultaneously and layerwise growth follows. If the wall is replaced by a hexagonal template, only layerwise growth occurs. Our results complement earlier numerical simulations and experiments on other colloidal systems.
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