Fabrication of large scale two-dimensional colloidal crystal of polystyrene particles by an interfacial self-ordering process

Lü, Zhicheng; Zhou, Ming

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.06.011

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“…As an interesting observation, the agglomerations are already present when dispersing the particles in the LB trough. Based on our earlier studies, we determined that such behavior could be due to the surface hydrophobicity/degree of functionalization [3,56,59,60], as it has been shown that the strong hydrophobic interaction leads to clustering of the particles at the air-water interface.…”

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“…We tested 2 Â 2 cm 2 and 4 Â 2 cm 2 sized substrates, as the LB trough cannot hold larger substrates. It is worth mentioning that a few groups that have succeeded in preparing PS monolayer on large surface area by using surfactants like TX 100, without using LB technique [56]. Vertical surface method [57], and vertical spreading [58] methods also have been reported without using LB technique, but their usage is limited to large size particles (hundreds of lm).…”

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Ultra-high ordered, centimeter scale preparation of microsphere Langmuir films

Kallepalli

Constantinescu

Delaporte

et al. 2015

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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Section: Langmuir-blodgett Filmsmentioning

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Ultra-high ordered, centimeter scale preparation of microsphere Langmuir films

Kallepalli

Constantinescu

Delaporte

et al. 2015

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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“…Direct assembly on water surface [45][46][47][48] Simple and fast process. Good two-dimensional closed pack array on water surface.…”

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“…The monolayer of particles is formed by first spreading a colloidal suspension onto the surface of water and then followed by compacting the particles on the water surface by using mobile arms, while at the same time monitoring the surface pressure to determine when the monolayer is closed packed. The direct interfacial self assembly of colloidal particles on the water surface transfer method is similar to the Langmuir-Blodgett technique in the sense that particles are spread on a water surface, but it differs in that, unlike the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, the particles self-organize into closed pack arrays by tuning the surface tension of water with surfactant, instead of physical compression using mobile arms [45,46,56]. Recently, Gao et al reported the use of the interfacial self assembly process to cover 1 m² glass substrate with a monolayer of polystyrene spheres, highlighting the immense scalability of the process ( Figure 4) [48].…”

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“…arms, while at the same time monitoring the surface pressure to determine when the monolayer is closed packed. The direct interfacial self assembly of colloidal particles on the water surface transfer method is similar to the Langmuir-Blodgett technique in the sense that particles are spread on a water surface, but it differs in that, unlike the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, the particles self-organize into closed pack arrays by tuning the surface tension of water with surfactant, instead of physical compression using mobile arms [45,46,56]. The use of magnetic self-assembly of paramagnetic colloidal particles is another unique of fabricating colloidal photonic crystals.…”

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Bottom-Up Assembly and Applications of Photonic Materials

Zheng

Ravaine

2016

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Abstract:The assembly of colloidal building-blocks is an efficient, inexpensive and flexible approach for the fabrication of a wide variety of photonic materials with designed shapes and large areas. In this review, the various assembly routes to the fabrication of colloidal crystals and their post-assembly modifications to the production of photonic materials are first described. Then, the emerging applications of the colloidal photonic structures in various fields such as biological and chemical sensing, anti-reflection, photovoltaics, and light extraction are summarized.

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Metallic Plasmonic Array Structures: Principles, Fabrications, Properties, and Applications

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can efficiently couple light into nanostructures and confine light below diffraction limit. [8,9] With these properties, plasmonics have found important applications in various fields such as plasmonic sensing, [10][11][12][13] plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, [14][15][16] plasmonic nanolasing, [17][18][19] and perfect light absorption. [20,21] The optical performances of plasmonic nanostructures are highly dependent on the resonance modes that they support. Generally, there are two fundamental surface plasmonic modes: localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). [22,23] LSPR can be observed on metal nanoparticles. [22,24,25] However, the strong radiative damping of metal nanoparticles results in broad resonant spectra, severely limiting the applications of metal nanoparticles in fields such as plasmonic sensing and nanolasing. [26,27] SPP is usually generated at the interface between metal and dielectric with the assistance of a high refractive index prism or by constructing a grating structure. [23,28,29] The near-field decay length of SPP mode is 40-50 times larger than that of LSPR mode. [23] Therefore, SPP structures usually provide higher bulk sensitivity when used for plasmonic sensing. [23] However, it is difficult to achieve a flexible tuning of SPP mode only by above configurations. In addition, single resonance mode also greatly limits the applications of the devices.According to the plasmon hybridization theory, coupling of different resonance modes can endow plasmonic nanostructures with richer optical properties and thereby improve their performance and broaden their application fields. [30][31][32] Metallic plasmonic arrays have been demonstrated to be a powerful platform for the simultaneous excitation of the above two basic types of plasmonic modes. [33,34] In addition, they can also support many other types of resonance modes such as Fabry-Pérot (F-P) cavity mode, surface lattice resonance (SLR), and plasmonic Fano resonance due to the flexibility in structure design. [32,[35][36][37][38] These modes together give the nanostructured plasmonic arrays with attractive performance unattainable by using individual LSPR or SPP mode. Benefited from the abundant optical properties, nanostructured metallic plasmonic arrays can be utilized in a fashion of "device-by-design." For example, for plasmonic sensing, a plasmonic array with a narrow spectrum can be fabricated for an excellent sensing performance; [23,26] while for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection, a plasmonic array with a relatively broad spectrum is needed to achieve local field enhancement and radiative enhancement simultaneously. [39,40] Therefore, the investigation The vast development of nanofabrication has spurred recent progress for the manipulation of light down to a region much smaller than the wavelength. Metallic plasmonic array structures are demonstrated to be the most powerful platform to realize controllable light-matter interactions and have found wide application...

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Fabrication of large scale two-dimensional colloidal crystal of polystyrene particles by an interfacial self-ordering process

Cited by 46 publications

References 61 publications

Ultra-high ordered, centimeter scale preparation of microsphere Langmuir films

Ultra-high ordered, centimeter scale preparation of microsphere Langmuir films

Bottom-Up Assembly and Applications of Photonic Materials

Metallic Plasmonic Array Structures: Principles, Fabrications, Properties, and Applications

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