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To continue along the lines of thoughts of George Whitesides, the primary focus of this thesis is on fabrication or, to be more precise, the generation of symmetric surface patterns via colloidal crystallization. As such, the self-assembly process of colloidal particles to form highly ordered, two-dimensional crystals is at the heart of the projects introduced in this thesis.
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Vogel, N. (2012). Motivation and Outline. In: Surface Patterning with Colloidal Monolayers. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35133-4_2
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