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ACS NANO
卷 5, 期 8, 页码 6695-6700出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn202227f
关键词
self-assembly anisotropic particles; photonic crystal; field-assisted assembly; structural color
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- Yale MRSEC [DMR-0520495]
- NSF [CBET-0547294, DMS-0835742, PHY-0957680]
- Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-09ER46626]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [0930549] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Mathematical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0835742] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0957680] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We describe the self-assembly of nonspherical particles into, crystals with novel structure and optical properties combining a partial photonlc band gap with birefringence that can be modulated by an external field or quenched by solvent evaporation. Specifically, we study symmetric optical-scale polymer dumbbells with an aspect ratio of 1.58.. Hard particles with this geometry have been predicted to crystallize in equilibrium.at,high concentrations. However, unlike spherical particles, which readily crystallize in the bulk, previous experiments have shown that these dumbbells crystallize only under strong confinement. Here, we demonstrate the use of an external electric field to align and assemble the dumbbells to make a birefringent suspension with structural color. When the electric field is turned off, the dumbbells rapidly lose their orientational order and the color and birefringence quickly go away. In this way, dumbbells combine the structural color of photonic crystals with the field addressability of liquid crystals. In addition, we find that if the solvent is removed in the presence of an electric field, the particles self-assemble into a novel, dense crystalline packing hundreds of particles thick. Analysis of the crystal structure indicates that the dumbbells have a packing fraction of 0.7862, higher than the densest known packings of spheres and ellipsoids. We perform numerical experiments to more generally demonstrate the importance of controlling the orientation of anisotropic particles during a concentration quench to achieve long-range order.
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