Improving self-assembly quality of colloidal crystal guided by statistical design of experiments
Wu Yizhi1, †, Xu Xiaoliang2, Zhang Haiming1, Liu Ling1, Li Jichao1, Yang Dabao1
       

(color online) Schematic of procedure to wafer-scale monolayer colloidal crystal: (a) break up the multiple layers of spheres into a monolayer by shear force and thermal treatment; (b) enable hexagonally close-packed PS spheres array by capillary-force; (c) colloidal crystal.