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Ordered arrays of electrostatically assembled SiO2–SiO2 composite particles by electrophoresis-induced stimulation

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Monodispersed silica (SiO2) nano- and microparticles can be fabricated by the sol-gel process. For device fabrication, precise formation of composite particles with a homogeneous and facile arrangement that form well-ordered, close-packed arrays is important. In this study, formation of electrostatically assembled SiO2–SiO2 composite particles with excellent homogeneity in arrangement was first demonstrated using sol-gel-derived monodispersed SiO2 particles with average particles sizes of 200 nm and 16 µm. Formation of two- and three-dimensionally, close-packed arrays by electrophoresis-induced stimulation with direct-current and alternating-current electric fields was achieved for the first time using these electrostatically assembled SiO2–SiO2 composite particles. Detailed morphological observation by scanning electron microscopy revealed that the structure of the SiO2–SiO2 composite particles remained intact even after electrophoretic stimulation. The feasibility of obtaining well-ordered arrays of electrostatically assembled sol–gel-derived SiO2–SiO2 composite particles is important for further development of sol-gel-related technology in various applications, such as advanced composites and optical devices.

Two- and three-dimensional ordering of electrostatically assembled SiO2-SiO2 composite particles using electrophoresis-induced stimulation

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  • Electrostatically assembled SiO2–SiO2 composite particles were prepared using monodispersed sol–gel-derived SiO2 particles with two sizes.

  • Ordered two- and three-dimensional SiO2–SiO2 composite-particle arrangements were obtained.

  • Superimposition of AC and DC electric fields through electrophoresis-induced stimulation generated a two-dimensional close-packed structure.

  • Simultaneous gravitational sedimentation and AC field application led to formation of three-dimensionally ordered arrays.

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We thank Edanz (https://www.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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Credit Author Statement Investigation: TA; Methodology, Validation, and Writing - First draft: WKT; Investigation and Validation: AY; Validation: GK; Validation: Atsunori Matsuda; Supervision, Conceptualization, Writing - Review & Editing, Project Administration and Funding acquisition: HM.

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This work was supported by the Cross Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 22H01790, 22K04737, and Science of New-Class of Materials Based on Elemental Multiplicity and Heterogeneity (Grant No. 18H05452) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT, Japan).

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    Hiroyuki Muto, Wai Kian Tan & Atsushi Yokoi

  2. Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan

    Hiroyuki Muto, Takahito Amano, Go Kawamura & Atsunori Matsuda

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Muto, H., Amano, T., Tan, W.K. et al. Ordered arrays of electrostatically assembled SiO2–SiO2 composite particles by electrophoresis-induced stimulation. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 104, 548–557 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-05854-5

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