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Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers.

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Pham, AT; Seto, R; Schönke, J; Joh, DY; Chilkoti, A; Fried, E; Yellen, BB
Published in: Soft matter
October 2016

Experiments and simulations are used to study the kinetics of crystal growth in a mixture of magnetic and nonmagnetic particles suspended in ferrofluid. The growth process is quantified using both a bond order parameter and a mean domain size parameter. The largest single crystals obtained in experiments consist of approximately 1000 particles and form if the area fraction is held between 65-70% and the field strength is kept in the range of 8.5-10.5 Oe. Simulations indicate that much larger single crystals containing as many as 5000 particles can be obtained under impurity-free conditions within a few hours. If our simulations are modified to include impurity concentrations as small as 1-2%, then the results agree quantitatively with the experiments. These findings provide an important step toward developing strategies for growing single crystals that are large enough to enable follow-on investigations across many subdisciplines in condensed matter physics.

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Soft matter

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EISSN

1744-6848

ISSN

1744-683X

Publication Date

October 2016

Volume

12

Issue

37

Start / End Page

7735 / 7746

Related Subject Headings

  • Chemical Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Pham, A. T., Seto, R., Schönke, J., Joh, D. Y., Chilkoti, A., Fried, E., & Yellen, B. B. (2016). Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers. Soft Matter, 12(37), 7735–7746. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01072e
Pham, An T., Ryohei Seto, Johannes Schönke, Daniel Y. Joh, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Eliot Fried, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers.Soft Matter 12, no. 37 (October 2016): 7735–46. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01072e.
Pham AT, Seto R, Schönke J, Joh DY, Chilkoti A, Fried E, et al. Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers. Soft matter. 2016 Oct;12(37):7735–46.
Pham, An T., et al. “Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers.Soft Matter, vol. 12, no. 37, Oct. 2016, pp. 7735–46. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c6sm01072e.
Pham AT, Seto R, Schönke J, Joh DY, Chilkoti A, Fried E, Yellen BB. Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers. Soft matter. 2016 Oct;12(37):7735–7746.
Journal cover image

Published In

Soft matter

DOI

EISSN

1744-6848

ISSN

1744-683X

Publication Date

October 2016

Volume

12

Issue

37

Start / End Page

7735 / 7746

Related Subject Headings

  • Chemical Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences