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Thermosensitive colloidal PNIPAm particles are employed to induce defect structures into a colloidal crystal. The PNIPAm particle size can be controlled by temperature due to collapse of the polymer network above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST). By embedding these PNIPAm particles into a colloidal crystal formed by non-thermoresponsive particles vacancy-like structures could be induced above the LCST and interstitial structures below the LCST. Our aim is to study the three-dimensional defect diffusion by tracing individual particles and to gain insight into the mechanism involved. Here, we present the observed defect diffusion induced in a mixed system of fluorescently labeled PNIPAm and PNIPAm-AAc particles in which defect diffusion was achieved.
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This work is the result of collaborations with many people. First and foremost Jan Hilhorst is thanked for many useful discussions, experimental support and for providing the PNIPAm-AAc particles. Daan Verwijmeren is thanked for his obtained insight into the PNIPAm synthesis and Cesare Benedetti is thanked for performing the experiments and acquiring the data for Figs. 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8.
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Meijer, JM. (2015). Inducing Defects in Colloidal Crystals with Thermosensitive PNIPAm Particles. In: Colloidal Crystals of Spheres and Cubes in Real and Reciprocal Space. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14809-0_4
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