title: Rapid Self-Assembly of Shaped Microtiles into Large, Close-Packed Crystalline Monolayers on Solid Surfaces.
abstract: The rapid self-assembly of photolithographic microtiles into large crystalline monolayers is achieved. Crystalline monolayers get trapped at the liquid-liquid interface and re-emerge at the air-liquid interface by mixing a cosolvent, which then deposits on the solid surface in seconds. This method has the potential to assemble different shapes and sizes of microtiles into complex architectures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Peng-Yuan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Tianheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Hesamodin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jami
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Gabriel P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: López
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kingshott
keywords: colloidal lithography; colloidal self-assembly; cosolvent mixing; liquid-liquid interfaces; self-assembly; shape-anisotropic particles