Direct observation of stacking disorder in a colloidal crystal
- 15 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 102 (3), 1416-1421
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.468928
Abstract
Colloidal crystals of rhodamine labeled silica spheres dispersed in chloroform have been studied with fluorescence confocal scanning laser microscopy. We report the first determination of the three-dimensional crystalline stacking in the bulk of a concentrated dispersion. The structure was found to consist of a random stacking of close-packed planes. The results are compared with light scattering experiments.Keywords
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