| Title: | Packing patterns of silica nanoparticles on surfaces of armored polystyrene latex particles |
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| Authors: | ID Fortuna, Sara, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K. (Author)
ID Colard, Catheline A. L., Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K. (Author)
ID Bon, Stefan A. F., Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K. (Author)
ID Troisi, Alessandro, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K. (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | Fascinating packing patterns of identical spherical and discotic objects on curved surfaces occur readily in nature and science. Examples include C60 fullerenes,(1, 2)13-atom cuboctahedral metal clusters,(3) and S-layer proteins on outer cell membranes.(4) Numerous situations with surface-arranged objects of variable size also exist, such as the lenses on insect eyes, biomineralized shells on coccolithophorids,(5) and solid-stabilized emulsion droplets(6) and bubbles.(7) The influence of size variations on these packing patterns, however, is studied sparsely. Here we investigate the packing of nanosized silica particles on the surface of polystyrene latex particles fabricated by Pickering miniemulsion polymerization of submicrometer-sized armored monomer droplets. We are able to rationalize the experimental morphology and the nearest-neighbor distribution with the help of Monte Carlo simulations. We show that broadening of the nanoparticle size distribution has pronounced effects on the self-assembled equilibrium packing structures, with original 12-point dislocations or grain-boundary scars gradually fading out. |
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| Keywords: | packing patterns, silica, simulation, Monte Carlo, order, disorder, transition, armored particles, nanoparticles, Pickering emulsion |
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| Year of publishing: | 2009 |
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| Number of pages: | 12399-12403 |
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| Numbering: | 25, 21 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-2653 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 4529915 |
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| DOI: | 10.1021/la9010289 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:5RHZRDX2 |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 10.10.2016 |
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