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Transient Moiré rotation patterns in thin colloidal crystals

Alexander ReinmüllerThomas PalbergHans Joachim Schöpe

subject

Materials scienceResolution (electron density)General ChemistryMoiré patternColloidal crystalCondensed Matter PhysicsRotationMolecular physicslaw.inventionCrystallographySettlingOptical microscopelawMetastabilityTransient (oscillation)

description

A high resolution optical microscopy study on low salt charged sphere suspensions settling under gravity reveals the formation of AB-stacked triangular layers via different transient structures. In particular, metastable triangular Moire rotation patterns (formally corresponding to 1 × 1 Rα super structures) with rotation angles α = 27.8° and α = 38.2° are identified.

https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm00287a