In situ X-ray crystallographic study of the structural evolution of colloidal crystals upon heating

The structural evolution of colloidal crystals made of polystyrene hard spheres has been studied in situ upon incremental heating of a crystal in a temperature range below and above the glass transition temperature of polystyrene. Thin films of colloidal crystals having different particle sizes were...

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Autores principales: Zozulya, A. V., Meijer, J.-M., Shabalin, A., Ricci, A., Westermeier, F., Kurta, R. P., Lorenz, U., Singer, A., Yefanov, O., Petukhov, A. V., Sprung, M., Vartanyants, I. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Union of Crystallography 2013
Materias:
X-Ray Diffraction and Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3769053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24046496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889813003725
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Sumario:The structural evolution of colloidal crystals made of polystyrene hard spheres has been studied in situ upon incremental heating of a crystal in a temperature range below and above the glass transition temperature of polystyrene. Thin films of colloidal crystals having different particle sizes were studied in transmission geometry using a high-resolution small-angle X-ray scattering setup at the P10 Coherence Beamline of the PETRA III synchrotron facility. The transformation of colloidal crystals to a melted state has been observed in a narrow temperature interval of less than 10 K.

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