A Chemical Synthetic Route towards “Colloidal Molecules”
Adeline Perro(Paul Pascal Research Center), Étienne Duguet(Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux), Olivier Lambert(Université de Bordeaux), Jean‐Christophe Taveau(Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie), Élodie Bourgeat‐Lami(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), Serge Ravaine(Paul Pascal Research Center)
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Abstract
Sowing the seeds: Binary colloidal particles of controlled morphology, including line segments, triangles, tetrahedra, octahedra, and square antiprisms (see picture) were obtained by an emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of silica seeds. These morphologies result from the minimization of an energy term that is the sum of two forces—an attraction towards the center and two-body particle repulsions that balance the attractive force.
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