Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 4160-4167Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la205111v
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [20725311, 20873178, 51072221]
- Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [KJCX2-YW-W27]
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Real-time monitoring of the binary colloidal crystal (bCC) growth via evaporation-induced cooperative self-assembly (EICSA) was studied by an in situ optical microspectroscopy technique. Evolution of the recorded reflectance spectra reveals that the whole growth process of bCCs via EICSA could be separated into three different stages corresponding to that of unary colloidal crystals because of the same evaporation model. We show the detailed cooperative self-assembly information, including the evolution of the number of layers and filling factors of different components of the growing bCCs using the scalar wave approximation method. Furthermore, when the size ratio and number ratio of the two colloids were varied, the real-time optical properties of the bCCs with various stoichiometric configurations were investigated systematically. This study would be valuable in furthering the current understanding of the bCC growth dynamics via EICSA and tailoring optical properties of hierarchical materials for applications in many fields.
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