Hierarchical nanoparticle ensembles synthesized by liquid phase directed self-assembly

J. D. Fowlkes; N. A. Roberts; Y. Wu; J. A. Diez; A. G. González; C. Hartnett; K. Mahady; S. Afkhami; L. Kondic; P. D. Rack

doi:10.1021/nl404128d

Hierarchical nanoparticle ensembles synthesized by liquid phase directed self-assembly

J. D. Fowlkes
, N. A. Roberts
, Y. Wu
, J. A. Diez
, A. G. González
, C. Hartnett
, K. Mahady
, S. Afkhami
, L. Kondic
, P. D. Rack

Mathematical Sciences

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Abstract

A liquid metal filament supported on a dielectric substrate was directed to fragment into an ordered, mesoscale particle ensemble. Imposing an undulated surface perturbation on the filament forced the development of a single unstable mode from the otherwise disperse, multimodal Rayleigh-Plateau instability. The imposed mode paved the way for a hierarchical spatial fragmentation of the filament into particles, previously seen only at much larger scales. Ultimately, nanoparticle radius control is demonstrated using a micrometer scale switch.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	774-782
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl404128d
State	Published - Feb 12 2014

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Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

Rayleigh-Plateau
Self-assembly
directed assembly
hierarchical
nanoparticle assembly
volume-of-Fluid

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