Disclosed is a method of manufacturing colloidal crystals using a confined
convective assembly, more particularly, to a method for manufacturing
two-dimensional and/or three dimensional colloidal crystals on a
substrate by infusing colloidal suspension between two substrates and
self-assembling colloidal particles by capillary action. The present
invention can control a convective flow moving the colloidal particles to
a meniscus generated by removing the solvent of the colloidal suspension.
It is possible to manufacture face-to-face two-dimensional colloidal
crystals and/or three-dimensional colloidal crystals within a short time
using various sizes of colloidal particles through the control of the
convective flow of colloidal particles, which are not easily achieved in
the existing method. The present invention can use two-dimensional
colloidal crystals and/or three-dimensional colloidal crystals
manufactured using the confined convective assembly method in the various
fields such as in biosensors and devices, information storing medium,
display devices and optical devices.