• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 30, Issue 10, 2869 (2010)
Guo Wenhua1、2、*, Wang Ming1, Liu Qing1, Xia Wei1, and Dai Lihua1
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    Guo Wenhua, Wang Ming, Liu Qing, Xia Wei, Dai Lihua. Self-Assembly of Colloidal Microspheres on the Cylindrical Substrate of Optical Fibers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2010, 30(10): 2869 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A standard single-mode silica optical fiber is selected as an ideal cylindrical substrate for the three-dimensional colloidal crystal coated with silica microspheres through isothermal heating evaporation induced self-assembly at certain temperature and liquid surface dropping velocities. The optical fiber is vertically inserted into the silica microspheres colloidal solution at the center of the vial, and three-dimensional nanostructures colloidal crystal film is fabricated by capillary force. The silica spheres used have an average diameter of 390 nm. It takes only 12 h for the sphere particles to completely form crystal film. The photonic crystal cylindrical annulus is characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Scanning electron micrographs illustrate the [111] and [100]-oriented regions, and the two zones of regularly intercrossed pattern. Qualitative analysis and discussion are carried out for the the different alignment of crystal orientation of sililca micro-spheres and the cross pattern.
    Guo Wenhua, Wang Ming, Liu Qing, Xia Wei, Dai Lihua. Self-Assembly of Colloidal Microspheres on the Cylindrical Substrate of Optical Fibers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2010, 30(10): 2869
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