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Facile Preparation and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Polystyrene Nanospheres for Photonic Crystals
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Facile Preparation and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Polystyrene Nanospheres for Photonic Crystals

Cheng Chen, Zhi-Gang Zhu, Wei-Heng Shih, Qiao-Qiao Ge, Ming-Ju Liu and Xiang-Rong Zhu
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, v 15(4), pp 3239-3243
01 Apr 2015
PMID: 26353570

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Chemistry Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Materials Science Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics Technology
We have developed boiling emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization recipes for the synthesis of monodisperse polystyrene (PS) nanospheres with diameters between ca. 100 and 300 nm. The morphologies of the nanospheres during growth were characterized and the results showed that the PS nanospheres with uniform structures could be synthesized rapidly by modifying the reaction conditions. These nanospheres readily self-assemble into three-dimensionally colloidal photonic crystal film and whose photonic band-stop could be tuned over the entire visible spectral region by altering the sphere diameters.

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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
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