title: Bonding assembled colloids without loss of colloidal stability.
abstract: A facile method is demonstrated for bonding assembled colloids without loss of colloidal stability by thermal annealing. Examples include both close-packed and non-close-packed structures. The confocal microscopy image shows a cross-section of a 3D labyrinthine structure after it was made permanent. The 3D network is completely preserved after the annealing step.
authors.affiliation: Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands. H.R.Vutukuri@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Hanumantha Rao
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Vutukuri
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stiefelhagen
authors.forename: Teun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vissers
authors.forename: Arnout
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imhof
authors.forename: Alfons
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Blaaderen
mesh_terms: D002586:Cesium / Q000737:chemistry; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D004560:Electricity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D003102:Colloids; D002586:Cesium; C028019:cesium chloride