title: Colloidal crystal thin films grown into corrugated surface templates.
abstract: The influence of patterned surfaces on the formation of one- and two-dimensional colloidal crystals is analyzed. We have used the corrugated surface of a digital versatile disc (DVD) for template surface processing. When the sphere diameter is on the order of the groove width of patterned substrates, a rich variety of particle decorations appear. However, if particle size is much larger than template patterns, large domains of particle ordering are formed.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Tecnologías Físicas, Unidad Asociada ICMM/CSIC-UPV, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. Los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramiro-Manzano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonet
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meseguer
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013499:Surface Properties