Non-reciprocal (NR) effective interactions violating Newton's third law occur in many
biological systems, but can also be engineered in synthetic, colloidal systems. Recent …

Spontaneous symmetry breaking has been shown to be the genesis of self-assembly in a
mixture of spherically symmetric chemically active and passive colloids, forming dense …

In recent years, the field of colloidal self-assembly has made significant advancements, offer-
ing an enticing platform to explore and understand order emergence in complex systems …

We demonstrate a simple method by which time-dependent interactions can be exploited to
improve self-assembly in colloidal systems. We apply this method to two systems: a model …

Colloidal systems show beautiful examples of how entropy can lead to self-assembly of
ordered structures, challenging our perception of disorder. In fact, dispersion of hard …

We outline a basic strategy of how self-propulsion can be used to improve the yield of a
typical colloidal self-assembly process. The success of this approach is predicated on the …

Reversible aggregation of purely short-ranged attractive colloidal particles leads to the
formation of clusters with a fractal dimension that only depends on the second virial …

When driven out of equilibrium, many diverse systems can form complex spatial and
dynamical patterns, even in the absence of attractive interactions. Using kinetic Monte Carlo …

The goal of inverse self-assembly is to design interparticle interactions capable of
assembling the units into a desired target structure. The effective assembly of complex …

Self‐assembly fundamentally implies the organization of small sub‐units into large
structures or patterns without the intervention of specific local interactions. This process is …