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Reconfigurable Self-Assembly of Mesoscale Optical Components at a Liquid-Liquid Interface

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2011

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Tang, Sindy K.Y., Ratmir Derda, Aaron D. Mazzeo, and George M. Whitesides. 2011. “Reconfigurable Self-Assembly of Mesoscale Optical Components at a Liquid-Liquid Interface.” Advanced Materials 23, no. 21: 2413–2418.

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Magnetic fields template the self-assembly of 2D mesoscale optical components consisting of magnetically responsive parts at a liquid–liquid interface. These optical components are tiles of reflective diffraction gratings. Their orientations, and the resulting optical effects, are reconfigurable by a change in the magnetic field. Transferring the assembled structure onto solid substrates generates optically functional coatings or films.

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self-assembly, functional coatings, surface modification, diffraction gratings

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