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Direct observation of a buckling transition during the formation of thin colloidal crystals

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Optical Methods and Physics of Colloidal Dispersions

Part of the book series: Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science ((PROGCOLLOID,volume 104))

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We have investigated a colloidal suspension in a thin wedge formed by two glass plates in the presence of a lateral pressure. Starting with a single hexagonal layer, with increasing separation between the glass plates additional layers are added. This process is accompanied by a number of structural transitions necessary to maintain a high packing fraction under the given boundary conditions. Besides the well-known sequence of hexagonal and quadratic phases, we observe two new phases which are identified with the buckling and the rhombic phase recently predicted by other authors.

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  1. Fakultät für Physik, Universität Konstanz, 78434, Konstanz, Germany

    S. Neser, C. Bechinger & P. Leiderer

  2. Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099, Mainz, Germany

    T. Palberg

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  1. S. Neser
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Neser, S., Palberg, T., Bechinger, C., Leiderer, P. (1997). Direct observation of a buckling transition during the formation of thin colloidal crystals. In: Palberg, T., Ballauff, M. (eds) Optical Methods and Physics of Colloidal Dispersions. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 104. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0110778

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