Over the last three decades, photonic crystals (PhCs) have attracted intense interests thanks
to their broad potential applications in optics and photonics. Generally, these structures can …

This review describes the latest advances in the synthesis and assembly of specific colloids
such as the colloidal molecules as defined by van Blaaderen in 2003 and the patchy …

Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …

Transient assembled structures play an indispensable role in a wide variety of processes
fundamental to living organisms including cellular transport, cell motility, and proliferation …

Conspectus Colloidal self-assembly is a bottom-up technique to fabricate functional
nanomaterials, with paramount interest stemming from programmable assembly of smaller …

Colloid science has recently grown substantially owing to the innovative use of silane
coupling agents (SCAs), especially 3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate (TPM). SCAs were …

Abstract Cucurbit [8] uril (CB [8]) is unique and notable in the cucurbit [n] uril family, since it
has a relatively large cavity and thus is able to simultaneously accommodate two guest …

This review article focuses on supramolecular assemblies involving cucurbit [n] uril‐based
containers and viologen guests as key building elements. Cucurbit [n] urils (CB [n], n= 5–8 …

A colloidal system is a large collection of micrometer-sized particles suspended in a liquid,
and the state of the system can be measured in real time, using imaging techniques and …

We report methods to synthesize sub-micron-and micron-sized patchy silica particles with
fluorescently labeled hemispherical titania protrusions, as well as routes to efficiently …