Self-assembly of various building blocks has been considered as a powerful approach to
generate novel materials with tailorable structures and optimal properties. Understanding …

Active matter systems, which convert internal chemical energy or energy from the
environment into directed motion, are ubiquitous in nature and exhibit a range of emerging …

Most of the biological interfaces are curved. Understanding the organizational structures and
interaction patterns at such curved biointerfaces is therefore crucial not only for deepening …

Entropy can be the sole driving force for the construction and regulation of ordered
structures of soft matter systems. Specifically, under confinement, the entropic penalty could …

Understanding the behaviors of nanoparticles at interfaces is crucial not only for the design
of novel nanostructured materials with superior properties but also for a better …

Self-assembly of nanoscale objects is of essential importance in materials science,
condensed matter physics, and biophysics. Curvature modifies the principles and sequence …

Assembly in confinement is a problem of great interest in colloidal structure design,
plasmonics, photonics, and industrial packaging. Along with the range of design choices …

Brownian dynamics simulations have been performed to investigate the structural
dependence of the first epitaxial layer in colloidal heteroepitaxy. When the epitaxial particles …

Confined liquid crystals (LCs) exhibit complex and intriguing structures, which are
fascinating fundamental problems in soft matter. The helical structure of cylindrical cavities is …

Colloidal cubic diamond crystals with low-coordinated and staggered structures could
display a wide photonic bandgap at low refractive index contrasts, which makes them …