Advances in Colloidal Building Blocks: Toward Patchy Colloidal Clusters
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203045
Abstract: The scalable synthetic route to colloidal atoms has significantly advanced over the past two decades. Recently, colloidal clusters with DNA‐coated cores called “patchy colloidal clusters” have been developed, providing a directional bonding with specific angle… read more here.
Keywords: colloidal; colloidal clusters; colloidal building; advances colloidal ... See more keywords
Colloidal clusters as models for circular microswimmers
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DOI: 10.1038/s42005-025-02022-3
Abstract: Circular swimmers, particles that propel in circular trajectories, are gaining traction due to their potential for novel collective behaviors. However, synthetic active particles capable of controlled circular propulsion remain scarce. We present a facile experimental… read more here.
Keywords: circular propulsion; circular microswimmers; propulsion; models circular ... See more keywords
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) for purifying colloidal clusters
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DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00122b
Abstract: Colloidal particles are considered to be essential building blocks for creating innovative self-assembled and active materials, for which complexity beyond that of compositionally uniform particles is key. However, synthesizing complex, multi-material colloids remains a challenge,… read more here.
Keywords: sorting facs; cell sorting; activated cell; fluorescence activated ... See more keywords
Aligned colloidal clusters in an alternating rotating magnetic field elucidated by magnetic relaxation
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2404145121
Abstract: Significance Superparamagnetic composite colloids are popular building blocks in the fabrication of nonequilibrium structures thanks to the tunability of their dipolar interactions. The dipoles of these colloids are traditionally assumed to align instantaneously with external… read more here.
Keywords: clusters alternating; aligned colloidal; alternating rotating; magnetic relaxation ... See more keywords
Reconfigurable homochiral colloidal clusters assembled under orthogonally applied electric and magnetic fields
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2418006122
Abstract: Significance Single-handed micro- and nanochiral structures are of significant interest due to their applications in photonic metamaterials and micromachines. However, like their molecular analogs, a racemate is often obtained when assembling chiral colloidal clusters, leaving… read more here.
Keywords: colloidal; assembled orthogonally; clusters assembled; reconfigurable homochiral ... See more keywords
Phase separation of stable colloidal clusters
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.2.095602
Abstract: This Article presents a nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory for the mean-field precipitation, aggregation and pattern formation of colloidal clusters. A variable gradient energy coefficient and the arrest of particle diffusion upon "jamming" of cluster aggregates in… read more here.
Keywords: colloidal clusters; stable colloidal; phase separation; separation stable ... See more keywords