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SUBMITTER: Edwards TD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4138518 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Edwards Tara D TD Yang Yuguang Y Beltran-Villegas Daniel J DJ Bevan Michael A MA
Scientific reports 20140820
The ability to assemble nano- and micro- sized colloidal components into highly ordered configurations is often cited as the basis for developing advanced materials. However, the dynamics of stochastic grain boundary formation and motion have not been quantified, which limits the ability to control and anneal polycrystallinity in colloidal based materials. Here we use optical microscopy, Brownian Dynamic simulations, and a new dynamic analysis to study grain boundary motion in quasi-2D colloidal ...[more]