2 papers
cond-mat.soft2006
Self-assembled contacts to nanoparticles using metallic colloidal spheres
C. R. Knutson, K. D. McCarthy, R. Shenhar +5
The spontaneous assembly of particles in suspension provides a strategy for inexpensive fabrication of devices with nanometer-scale control, such as single-electron transistors for…
cond-mat.soft2003
Grain Boundary Scars and Spherical Crystallography
A. R. Bausch, M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto +6
We describe experimental investigations of the structure of two-dimensional spherical crystals. The crystals, formed by beads self-assembled on water droplets in oil, serve as mode…