Amorphous solids, or glasses, are distinguished from crystalline solids by their lack of long-
range structural order. At the level of two-body structural correlations, glassformers show no …

Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in synthetic and biological systems, broadly defined
as the spontaneous organization of multiple subunits (macromolecules, particles, etc.) into …

Colloidal nanocrystals of metals, semiconductors, and other functional materials can self-
assemble into long-range ordered crystalline and quasicrystalline phases, but insulating …

Viruses play a role in a significant portion of human diseases, as well as those of other
animals, plants, and bacteria. This chapter focuses on the use of theoretical and …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) into superlattices (SLs) is an appealing
strategy to design hierarchically organized materials with promising functionalities …

Colloidal gels constitute an important class of materials found in many contexts and with a
wide range of applications. Yet as matter far from equilibrium, gels exhibit a variety of time …

The current state of the art in the use of colloidal methods to form nanoparticle assemblies,
or clusters (NPCs) is reviewed. The focus is on the two‐step approach, which exploits the …

In self-assembly processes, kinetic trapping effects often hinder the formation of
thermodynamically stable ordered states. In a model of viral capsid assembly and in the …

Competition between attractive and repulsive interactions drives the formation of complex
phases in colloidal suspensions. A major experimental challenge lies in decoupling …

The osmotic second virial coefficient B2 is an important parameter to describe the
interactions and phase behavior of protein solutions, including colloidal systems and …