Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Total synthesis of colloidal matter

T Hueckel, GM Hocky, S Sacanna - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Atoms serve as an inspiration for colloidal self-assembly, whereby building blocks can
combine and confer endless functionality using a few design principles, including …

Collective behaviors of magnetic active matter: recent progress toward reconfigurable, adaptive, and multifunctional swarming micro/nanorobots

D **, L Zhang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Active matter refers to the nonequilibrium system composed of interacting units
that continually dissipate energy at a single-unit level and transduce it into mechanical force …

Field-induced assembly and propulsion of colloids

AA Harraq, BD Choudhury, B Bharti - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electric and magnetic fields have enabled both technological applications and fundamental
discoveries in the areas of bottom-up material synthesis, dynamic phase transitions, and …

Engineering interactions between nanoparticles using polymers

H He, X Shen, Z Nie - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle assembly offers a versatile tool for constructing new structural materials with
emergent or collective properties beyond individual nanoparticles. The achievement of …

[HTML][HTML] A broad perspective to particle-laden fluid interfaces systems: From chemically homogeneous particles to active colloids

E Guzmán, F Martínez-Pedrero, C Calero… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particles adsorbed to fluid interfaces are ubiquitous in industry, nature or life. The wide
range of properties arising from the assembly of particles at fluid interface has stimulated an …

Hierarchical assemblies of superparamagnetic colloids in time-varying magnetic fields

A Spatafora-Salazar, DM Lobmeyer, LHP Cunha… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetically-guided colloidal assembly has proven to be a versatile method for building
hierarchical particle assemblies. This review describes the dipolar interactions that govern …

Colorimetric detection of nucleic acids through triplex-hybridization chain reaction and DNA-controlled growth of platinum nanoparticles on graphene oxide

W Chen, X Zhang, J Li, L Chen, N Wang, S Yu… - Analytical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The controllable growth of metal nanoparticles on nanomaterials is becoming a useful
strategy for develo** nanocomposites with designated performance. Here, a DNA …

Out-of-equilibrium colloidal assembly driven by chemical reaction networks

BGP van Ravensteijn, IK Voets, WK Kegel, R Eelkema - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transient assembled structures play an indispensable role in a wide variety of processes
fundamental to living organisms including cellular transport, cell motility, and proliferation …

Stimuli induced cellulose nanomaterials alignment and its emerging applications: A review

Q Zhu, Q Yao, J Sun, H Chen, W Xu, J Liu… - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
The developments of cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) require in-depth understandings of
the process-structure-property-performance relationship. Limited control over CNMs …