Large-scale colloidal films with robust structural colors

Jing Zhang, Zhijie Zhu, Ziyi Yu, Luting Ling, Cai Feng Wang, Su Chen

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Abstract

Inspired by the commonly seen “milk skin” phenomenon, a general scheme, namely, a “colloid skin”-regulated assembly route, is demonstrated for colloidal film deposition, which easily suppresses the ubiquitous coffee ring effect accompanying the asymmetrical evaporation processes, implying an alternative colloidal film-forming strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)90-96
Number of pages7
JournalMaterials Horizons
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2019

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