TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sulyanova, Elena A.
A1  - Shabalin, Anatoly
A1  - Zozulya, Alexey V.
A1  - Meijer, Janne-Mieke
A1  - Dzhigaev, Dmitry
A1  - Gorobtsov, Oleg
A1  - Kurta, Ruslan P.
A1  - Lazarev, Sergey
A1  - Lorenz, Ulf
A1  - Singer, Andrej
A1  - Yefanov, Oleksandr
A1  - Zaluzhnyy, Ivan
A1  - Besedin, Ilya
A1  - Sprung, Michael
A1  - Petukhov, Andrei V.
A1  - Vartanyants, Ivan A.
T1  - Structural Evolution of Colloidal Crystal Films in the Process of Melting Revealed by Bragg Peak Analysis
JF  - Langmuir
N2  - In situ X-ray diffraction studies of structural evolution of colloidal crystal films formed by polystyrene spherical particles upon incremental heating are reported. The Bragg peak parameters, such as peak position, integrated intensity, and radial and azimuthal widths were analyzed as a function of temperature. A quantitative study of colloidal crystal lattice distortions and mosaic spread as a function of temperature was carried out using Williamson-Hall plots based on mosaic block model. The temperature dependence of the diameter of polystyrene particles was obtained from the analysis of Bragg peaks, and the form factor contribution extracted from the diffraction patterns. Four stages of structural evolution in a colloidal crystal upon heating were identified. Based on this analysis, a model of the heating and melting process in the colloidal crystal film is suggested.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/la504652z
SN  - 0743-7463
VL  - 31
IS  - 19
SP  - 5274
EP  - 5283
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  -