Colloidal Crystals: Exploration and Exploitation of Water in Colloidal Crystals (Adv. Mater. 17/2015)

Water in colloidal crystals, usually adsorbed from surrounding moisture, significantly affects their properties but also gives clues to general liquid‐interface nanoscale phenomena. The unique features of colloidal crystals (as ordered, photonic structures) allow novel approaches for the study of na...

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Published inAdvanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 27; no. 17; p. 2677
Main Authors Gallego-Gómez, Francisco, Blanco, Alvaro, López, Cefe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2015
Subjects
capillarity
colloidal crystals
nanoscale interfacial phenomena
self-assembled materials
water in porous materials
wet granular materials
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Summary:Water in colloidal crystals, usually adsorbed from surrounding moisture, significantly affects their properties but also gives clues to general liquid‐interface nanoscale phenomena. The unique features of colloidal crystals (as ordered, photonic structures) allow novel approaches for the study of nanoconfined water, which sometimes builds intriguing constructions, like that shown on the front cover. On page 2686, F. Gallego‐Gómez, A. Blanco, and C. López critically review newly developed methods and recent results.
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ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201570112