Alignment of Colloidal Rods in Crowded Environments
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00769
Abstract: Understanding the hydrodynamic alignment of colloidal rods in polymer solutions is pivotal for manufacturing structurally ordered materials. How polymer crowding influences the flow-induced alignment of suspended colloidal rods remains unclear when rods and polymers share… read more here.
Keywords: colloidal rods; polymer solutions; rods crowded; alignment colloidal ... See more keywords
Naturally derived colloidal rods in microfluidic flows
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0142867
Abstract: Naturally derived colloidal rods (CR) are promising building blocks for developing sustainable soft materials. Engineering new materials based on naturally derived CR requires an in-depth understanding of the structural dynamics and self-assembly of CR in… read more here.
Keywords: colloidal rods; rods microfluidic; naturally derived; derived colloidal ... See more keywords
Capillary nematisation of colloidal rods in confinement
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DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1497210
Abstract: ABSTRACT We confine a colloidal liquid crystal between parallel plates separated down to several times the rod length. By connecting the system to a reservoir we effectively create a grand canonical system, in which the… read more here.
Keywords: rods confinement; colloidal rods; colloidal; capillary nematisation ... See more keywords