Atoms serve as an inspiration for colloidal self-assembly, whereby building blocks can
combine and confer endless functionality using a few design principles, including …

The scalable synthetic route to colloidal atoms has significantly advanced over the past two
decades. Recently, colloidal clusters with DNA‐coated cores called “patchy colloidal …

The development of artificial small-scale robotic swarms with nature-mimicking collective
behaviors represents the frontier of research in robotics. While microrobot swarming under …

Nature presents the collective behavior of living organisms aiming to accomplish complex
tasks, inspiring the development of cooperative micro/nanorobots. Herein, the spontaneous …

Magnetic nanoparticles offer unique potential for various technological, biomedical, or
environmental applications thanks to the size-, shape-and material-dependent tunability of …

Supraparticles are spherical colloidal crystals prepared by confined self‐assembly
processes. A particularly appealing property of these microscale structures is the structural …

Note: This paper is part of the JCP Special Topic on Depletion Forces and Asakura–Oosawa
Theory. a) Electronic mail: miyazaki@ r. phys. nagoya-u. ac. jp b) Electronic mail …

A porous hematite/alumina nanocomposite is produced by sol-gel combustion synthesis.
The XRPD, Raman and FTIR methods show the presence of α-Fe 2 O 3 phase while SEM …

Triboelectrification is the spontaneous charging of two bodies when released from contact.
Even though its manifestation is commonplace, in for instance triboelectric nanogenerators …

Colloidal supraparticles are finite, spherical assemblies of many primary particles. To take
advantage of their emergent functionalities, such supraparticles must retain their structural …