TY - JOUR
T1 - Hierarchical honeycomb structures utilized a dissipative process
AU - Matsushita, Sachiko I.
AU - Kurono, Nobuhito
AU - Sawadaishi, Tetsuro
AU - Shimomura, Masatsugu
N1 - Funding Information:
The present work has been partially supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Yazaki Memorial Foundation for Science and Technology.
PY - 2004/12/7
Y1 - 2004/12/7
N2 - Water droplets, which were surrounded by polymers, were used as capsules to form dissipative-hierarchy structures. Such droplets were spontaneously formed on an organic solvent surface in high-humidity air. Water suspension of polystyrene particles was dropped onto the organic solvent in high-humidity air. Consequently, polystyrene particles were transferred into the water droplets, due to lateral capillary force, and formed a honeycomb structure. The size of high-hierarchy (=polymer capsules) was 1-3 μm, and the size of small-hierarchy (=polystyrene particles) was 0.05-1 μm. The results suggest the possibility that any material that can be suspended in water would form into a periodic structure by the dissipative process.
AB - Water droplets, which were surrounded by polymers, were used as capsules to form dissipative-hierarchy structures. Such droplets were spontaneously formed on an organic solvent surface in high-humidity air. Water suspension of polystyrene particles was dropped onto the organic solvent in high-humidity air. Consequently, polystyrene particles were transferred into the water droplets, due to lateral capillary force, and formed a honeycomb structure. The size of high-hierarchy (=polymer capsules) was 1-3 μm, and the size of small-hierarchy (=polystyrene particles) was 0.05-1 μm. The results suggest the possibility that any material that can be suspended in water would form into a periodic structure by the dissipative process.
KW - Breath figure
KW - Emulsion
KW - Latex
KW - Self-assembly
KW - Self-organization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.05.035
DO - 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.05.035
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:10044279597
SN - 0379-6779
VL - 147
SP - 237
EP - 240
JO - Synthetic Metals
JF - Synthetic Metals
IS - 1-3
T2 - Supramolecular Approaches to Organic Electronics and Nanotechn.
Y2 - 24 May 2004 through 28 May 2004
ER -