The discovery and control of new phases of matter is a central endeavour in materials
research. The emergence of atomically thin 2D materials, such as transition-metal …

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 …

The colloidal domain is characterized by the dimensions of its constituents in the range from
several nanometers to micrometers. Often, these individual entities are organized in …

BACKGROUND Colloids consist of solid or liquid particles, each about a few hundred
nanometers in size, dispersed in a fluid and kept suspended by thermal fluctuations …

Our goal is to provide an introduction to the study of minimal energy problems, particularly
from the perspective of generating point configurations that provide useful discretizations of …

Colloidal dispersions exhibit rich equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamic properties,
self-assemble into diverse structures at different length scales, and display transport …

Engineering synthetic materials that mimic the remarkable complexity of living organisms is
a fundamental challenge in science and technology. We studied the spatiotemporal patterns …

Materials in nature are characterized by structural order over multiple length scales have
evolved for maximum performance and multifunctionality, and are often produced by self …

The iridescent metallic green beetle, Chrysina gloriosa, which selectively reflects left
circularly polarized light, possesses an exoskeleton decorated by hexagonal cells (~ 10 μm) …