Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Self-assembly of various building blocks has been considered as a powerful approach to
generate novel materials with tailorable structures and optimal properties. Understanding …

Many crystallization processes of great importance, including frost heave, biomineralization,
the synthesis of nanomaterials, and scale formation, occur in small volumes rather than bulk …

Clusters in systems as diverse as metal atoms, virus proteins, noble gases, and nucleons
have properties that depend sensitively on the number of constituent particles. Certain …

The organization of nanoparticles in constrained geometries is an area of fundamental and
practical importance. Spherical confinement of nanocolloids leads to new modes of packing …

Double emulsions, such as water‐in‐oil‐in‐water droplets, are important material platforms
for conducting fundamental research and for technological applications. To date, well …

Programming the organization of discrete building blocks into periodic and quasi-periodic
arrays is challenging. Methods for organizing materials are particularly important at the …

Parastichy, the spiral arrangement of plant organs, is an example of the long-range apparent
order seen in biological systems. These ordered arrangements provide scientists with both …

Self-assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) inside drying emulsion droplets provides a general
strategy for hierarchical structuring of matter at different length scales. The local orientation …

Hematite microparticles are becoming increasingly important components in the soft matter
field. The remarkable combination of magnetic and photocatalytic properties that …