Controlling the fabrication of self-assembled microwires from silica nanoparticles

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Conference Proceeding
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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2012, 8421
Issue Date:
2012-12-01
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We report on recent advances made in fabricating photonic microwires from silica nanoparticles using evaporative self-assembly. Silica microwires up to 7 cm in length and widths as small as 10 μm were fabricated with rectangular cross sections. A model of fabrication is put forward and confirmed by experimental observation. A crude dependence on concentration for an idealised spherical droplet is explored. © 2012 SPIE.
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