Self-Assembled Colloidal Crystals:Visualizing Atomic Crystal Chemistry Using Microscopic Analogues of Inorganic Solids

摘要

The crystal chemistry of inorganic solid-state materials is often underrepresented in the undergraduate laboratory because of the specialized equipment needed to synthesize and characterize many high-temperature solids.This is unfortunate,though,because crystals are fundamental to chemistry- they represent a delicate balance between thermodynamics,kinetics,electrostatic forces,geometric packing efficiencies,and chemical bonding requirements.