[HTML][HTML] Tunable thermo-reversible bicontinuous nanoparticle gel driven by the binary solvent segregation

Y Xi, RS Lankone, LP Sung, Y Liu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Bicontinuous porous structures through colloidal assembly realized by non-equilibrium
process is crucial to various applications, including water treatment, catalysis and energy …

Rheology and dynamics of a solvent segregation driven gel (SeedGel)

Y Xi, RP Murphy, Q Zhang, A Zemborain, S Narayanan… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bicontinuous structures promise applications in a broad range of research fields, such as
energy storage, membrane science, and biomaterials. Kinetically arrested spinodal …

Nanoparticle separation based on size-dependent aggregation of nanoparticles due to the critical Casimir effect

H Guo, G Stan, Y Liu - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles typically have an inherent wide size distribution that may affect the
performance and reliability of many nanomaterials. Because the synthesis and purification of …

Reversible morphology switching of colloidal particles

M Liu, X Zheng, F Dong, MD Ward… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A facile method has been discovered that enables switching of non-cross-linked poly
(styrene)(Nx-PS) colloidal particle morphologies, including spherical and anisotropic convex …

Microstructure and dynamics of Janus particles in a phase separating medium

EF Semeraro, R Dattani, T Narayanan - The Journal of chemical …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The evolution of interactions and dynamics of Janus colloidal particles suspended in quasi-
binary liquid mixtures undergoing phase separation is presented. The experimental system …

Controlling bicontinuous structures through a solvent segregation-driven gel

Y Xi, JB Leão, Q Ye, RS Lankone, LP Sung, Y Liu - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past decade has seen increased research interest in studying bicontinuous structures
formed via colloidal self-assembly due to their many useful applications. A new type of …

Concentration and size effects on the size-selective particle purification method using the critical Casimir force

JR Villanueva-Valencia, H Guo… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Critical Casimir force (CCF) is a solvent fluctuation introduced interaction between particles
dispersed in a binary solvent. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the CCF induced …

Phoretic motion of colloids in a phase separating medium

R Dattani, EF Semeraro, T Narayanan - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The enhanced motion of dispersed particles driven by a concentration gradient is the basis
for diffusiophoresis. Here we present the dynamics of colloids in a phase separating medium …

Shear viscosity of a near-critical binary system analyzed with variable-temperature atomic force microscopy

M Kageshima - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Shear viscosity of a near-critical binary system analyzed with variable-temperature atomic force
microscopy - IOPscience Skip to content IOP Science home Accessibility Help Search Journals …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the effective interaction between silica colloidal particles near the critical point of a binary solvent by small angle neutron scattering

Z Wang, H Guo, Y Liu, X Wang - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
An effective attractive potential can be introduced between colloidal particles dispersed in a
binary solvent when the solvent condition approaches its demixing temperatures. Despite …