Nanoparticles have long been recognized for their unique properties, leading to exciting
potential applications across optics, electronics, magnetism, and catalysis. These specific …

Entropy plays a key role in the self-assembly of colloidal particles. Specifically, in the case of
hard particles, which do not interact or overlap with each other during the process of self …

Crystallization is fundamental to materials science and is central to a variety of applications,
ranging from the fabrication of silicon wafers for microelectronics to the determination of …

The self-assembly of DNA-coated colloids into highly-ordered structures offers great promise
for advanced optical materials. However, control of disorder, defects, melting, and crystal …

Colloidal suspensions of monodisperse spherical particles have been extensively studied
since one of the main advantages of these systems is their similarity to atomic ones. This …

Binary colloidal superlattices (BSLs) have demonstrated enormous potential for the design
of advanced multifunctional materials that can be synthesized via colloidal self-assembly …

Creating a systematic framework to characterize the structural states of colloidal self-
assembly systems is crucial for unraveling the fundamental understanding of these systems' …

The self-assembly of binary colloidal mixtures provides a bottom-up approach to create
novel functional materials. To elucidate the effect of composition, temperature, and pressure …

In bottom–up self-assembly, DNA nanotechnology plays a vital role in the development of
novel materials and promises to revolutionize nanoscale manufacturing technologies. DNA …

Inverse design can be a useful strategy for discovering interactions that drive particles to
spontaneously self-assemble into a desired structure. Here, we extend an inverse design …