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Two-dimensional colloidal crystals.
Microscopic particles self-assemble to provide 2D crystal patterns.
Two-dimensional colloidal crystals would be useful as templates on which to grow 3D photonic crystals, as masks for creating surface-plasmonic structures, or as molds for microlens arrays. Researchers have developed methods for depositing close-packed structures, but flexible, efficient techniques for building more arbitrary arrays are still lacking.
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