Defects in Hard-Sphere Colloidal Crystals

Colloidal crystals of \(1.55 \mu m\) diameter silica particles were grown on {100} and flat templates by sedimentation and centrifugation. The particles interact as hard spheres. The vacancies and divacancies in these crystals are not in equilibrium, since no movement of single vacancies is observed...

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Main Author: Persson Gulda, Maria Christina Margareta
Other Authors: Spaepen, Frans A.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10695
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10406377