A semiflexible polymer chain shows characteristic local chain persistency and finite
extensibility. Confinement of such a polymer introduces a confinement length scale that …

Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is an indispensable tool in structural investigations of
self-assembled colloidal crystals and colloidal liquid crystals. This paper reviews recent …

Most MOFs are non-cubic, with functionality dependent upon crystallographic direction, and
are largely prepared as microcrystalline powders. Therefore, general methods to orient and …

Confined samples of liquid crystals are characterized by a variety of topological defects and
can be exposed to external constraints such as extreme confinements with nontrivial …

The inner and outer surfaces of bilayer-based lipid nanotubes can be hardly modified
selectively by a favorite functional group. Monolayer-based nanotubes display a definitive …

An anisotropic colloidal shape in combination with an externally tunable interaction potential
results in a plethora of self-assembled structures with potential applications toward the …

A new insight into the control of the helix axis direction and pitch of an aqueous suspension
of cellulose nanocrystal‐derived lyotropic liquid crystals by electric field strength and …

The effect of out-of-plane orientational and positional fluctuations is examined in the phase
behavior of hard spherocylinders confined between two parallel walls. The stability of …

Progress in the research area of colloidal dispersions in external fields within the last years
is reviewed. Colloidal dispersions play a pivotal role as model systems for phase transitions …

We use the Parsons-Lee modification of Onsager's second virial theory within the restricted
orientation (Zwanzig) approximation to analyze the phase behavior of hard cylindrical rods …