The aversion of hydrophobic solutes for water drives diverse interactions and assemblies
across materials science, biology, and beyond. Here, we review the theoretical …

In recent years self-assembly has become progressively more “active”, ie the focus of
research gradually has shifted towards field-manipulation of matter in order to form …

Despite the growing interest in the motion mechanisms and application potential of
individual active colloids/particles in micro/nanorobotics, their aggregation for higher …

Janus colloids with one attractive patch on an otherwise repulsive particle surface serve as
model systems to explore structure formation of particles with chemically heterogeneous …

The self-assembly of micro/nanoparticles into suprastructures is a promising way to develop
reconfigurable materials and to gain insights into the fundamental question of how matter …

We present a comprehensive numerical study of the phase behavior and dynamics of a
three-dimensional active dumbbell system with attractive interactions. We demonstrate that …

We review the phase behaviour of pure and mixed patchy colloids, as revealed (mostly) by
theory and computer simulation. These experimentally-realisable systems are excellent …

Nanometer-sized clusters are often targeted due to their potential applications as
nanoreactors or storage/delivery devices. One route to assemble and stabilize finite …

We report a quite simple strategy to assemble silica/polystyrene dumbbell-shaped
nanoparticles into clusters with an aggregation number from two to more than 30. The …

The structure formation and the phase behaviour of monolayers of dumbbell-shaped
colloids are explored. For this, we conduct Langmuir–Blodgett experiments at the air/water …