Self-Assembly of Colloidal Building Blocks into Complex and Controllable Structures

Abstract

Editor(s): Huck, Wilhelm T. S. Publisher: Springer, New York, N. Y. A review is given of the self-assembly of colloidal building blocks into complex and controllable structures. Topics discussed include colloidal building blocks (spherical colloids, nonspherical colloids), assembly of spherical colloids into well-defined aggregates (template-assisted self-assembly (TASA), homoaggregates of spherical colloids, heteroaggregates of spherical colloids), crystn. of spherical colloids, and applications of colloidal assemblies (fabrication of inverse opals, fabrication of arrayed microlenses)