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
       

Different dispersion media for PS spheres self-assembly: (a) ethanol, (b) water, (c) a mixture of ethanol and glycol. Other self-assembly conditions are the same for all samples: self-assembly temperature of 25 °C (room temperature), latex concentration of φ = 20 vol.%, final spin-coating speed of 3500 rpm, and spin-coating time of 30 s.