Influence of fluctuating membranes on self-assembly of patchy colloids.

Colloids: Applications and Remaining Challenges

Using of colloids and polymeric microparticles are gradually increasing. It is observed that the positive effects of particles stems in both traditional applications such as column pickings, coatings and paints to more recent technologies in diagnostics, drug delivery and optical devices are well documented. This review focuses on importance of colloids and covers their applications on three le...

SUPPORTING INFORMATION Nonlinear machine learning of patchy colloid self-assembly pathways and mechanisms

Self-assembly of patchy particles into diamond structures through molecular mimicry.

Fabrication of diamond structures by self-assembly is a fundamental challenge in making three-dimensional photonic crystals. We simulate a system of model hard particles with attractive patches and show that they can self-assemble into a diamond structure from an initially disordered state. We quantify the extent to which the formation of the diamond structure can be facilitated by "seeding" th...

Colloids with anisotropic interactions

The phase behavior of nanoand colloidal particles becomes increasingly complex as the particle shape and interactions are anisotropic. In addition, softness, deformability and other complicated interaction potentials e.g multipolar moments contribute to the complexity. As a result of the numerous variables that are often involved, the study of their collective behavior, such as the formation of...

Synthesis, assembly, and image analysis of spheroidal patchy particles.

We report a method to synthesize and image Janus spheroid and "kayak" shaped patchy particles that combine both shape and interaction anisotropy. These particles are fabricated by sequentially combining evaporative deposition of chrome and gold with the uniaxial deformation of the colloidal particles into spheroids. We introduce combined reflection and fluorescence confocal microscopy to image ...