Colloidal Crystallization in 2D and 3D:
The Quest for Novel Materials
Orlin D. Velev
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Delaware
Contents
Cover slide
Title/Abstract
1. Introduction
1.1. Building blocks
1.2. Unique properties of the ordered colloidal systems
2. Two-dimensional colloidal assembly in thin liquid films
2.1 General schematics
2.2 Convective assembly in wetting films – aim and experimental
2.3 Convective assembly in wetting films – uncovered driving forces
2.4 Controlled multilayer assembly
2.5 Controlled multilayer assembly – multilayers and optical properties
2.6 Multilayer optical properties II
2.7 Summary of results for wetting films
2.8 Assembly in wetting films onto fluorinated oil
2.9 Assembly in free foam films – cell schematics
2.10 Assembly in foam films – microscopic sequence
2.11 Capillary forces in foam films – pair interactions
2.12 Capillary forces – particle-meniscus interactions
2.13 Summary of results for foam films
3. Assembly on the surfaces of emulsion droplets and liposomes
3.1 Latex supraparticle assembly - schematics
3.2 Latex supraparticles - data
3.3 Ferritin assembly on liposomes
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4. Three dimensional assembly in the vicinity of surfaces.
4.1 General schematics
4.2 Symmetry control
5. From colloidal structures to solid state materials.
5.1 Turning the colloidal crystals into materials
5.2 Replication of the structure of colloidal crystals into porous silica – schematics
5.3 Porous silica – experimental
5.4 Porous silica – optical pictures
5.5 SEM of the colloidal crystal templates
5.6 SEM of the formed porous material
5.7 Porous silica – 3D micrograph
5.8 Pore size control
5.9 TGA porosity analysis
5.10 Porous silica – summary
5.11 Subsequent developments in the field
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6. Protein crystals as 3D colloidal matrices
6.1 Strategies for creating functional protein matrices
6.2 Photochemical micromachining of protein crystals
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7. In situ assembly of miniaturized immunosensor chips
NEW! Overview of the biosensor work
Concluding remarks
List of publications
Acknowledgements
About this talk and the author
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Posted on 10/31/98. Last updated 11/06/99