Directed assembly of nanomaterials for making nanoscale devices and structures: Mechanisms and applications

Z Chai, A Childress, AA Busnaina - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

Supraparticles: functionality from uniform structural motifs

S Wintzheimer, T Granath, M Oppmann, T Kister… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Under the right process conditions, nanoparticles can cluster together to form defined,
dispersed structures, which can be termed supraparticles. Controlling the size, shape, and …

Unconventional-phase crystalline materials constructed from multiscale building blocks

J Liu, J Huang, W Niu, C Tan, H Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Crystal phase, an intrinsic characteristic of crystalline materials, is one of the key parameters
to determine their physicochemical properties. Recently, great progress has been made in …

Advances in colloidal building blocks: toward patchy colloidal clusters

YJ Kim, JB Moon, H Hwang, YS Kim… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The scalable synthetic route to colloidal atoms has significantly advanced over the past two
decades. Recently, colloidal clusters with DNA‐coated cores called “patchy colloidal …

Electric-field–induced assembly and propulsion of chiral colloidal clusters

F Ma, S Wang, DT Wu, N Wu - Proceedings of the national …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Chiral molecules with opposite handedness exhibit distinct physical, chemical, or biological
properties. They pose challenges as well as opportunities in understanding the phase …

Janus particles for biological imaging and sensing

Y Yi, L Sanchez, Y Gao, Y Yu - Analyst, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Janus particles, named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, have different surface
makeups, structures or compartments on two sides. This review highlights recent advances …

Current status and future developments in preparation and application of colloidal crystals

H Cong, B Yu, J Tang, Z Li, X Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Colloidal crystals (CCs) are ordered arrays of monodisperse colloidal particles. Because of
the presence of a periodic superlattice of colloids and voids, CCs bear many unique …

Interparticle forces underlying nanoparticle self‐assemblies

D Luo, C Yan, T Wang - Small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Studies on the self‐assembly of nanoparticles have been a hot topic in nanotechnology for
decades and still remain relevant for the present and future due to their tunable collective …

Asymmetric rectified electric and concentration fields in multicomponent electrolytes with surface reactions

N Jarvey, F Henrique, A Gupta - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent experimental studies have utilized AC electric fields and electrochemical reactions in
multicomponent electrolyte solutions to control colloidal assembly. However, theoretical …

AC electrohydrodynamic propulsion and rotation of active particles of engineered shape and asymmetry

NM Diwakar, G Kunti, T Miloh, G Yossifon… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review presents the recent progress in the development of active particles driven by
alternating-current (AC) electrokinetic effects. These particles propel by asymmetrically …