Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Colloidal particles may be considered as building blocks for materials, just like atoms are the
bricks of molecules, macromolecules, and crystals. Periodic arrays of colloids (colloidal …

This pedagogical overview of liquid crystals is based on lectures for postgraduate students
given at the International Max Planck Research School “Modeling of Soft Matter”. I am …

Phenomenological Landau–de Gennes modelling based on the free energy of nematic
liquid crystal colloids is reviewed. Nematic phase, gradient of order, and surface anchoring …

I started the work on liquid crystal colloids around the year 2000 as a continuation of our
experiments on forces between surfaces in liquid crystals. We were using the atomic force …

Besides nanostructured materials, individual particles are key elements for nanosciences.
The structuring properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are appealing to assemble them, to …

Nanomotors in nature have inspired scientists to design synthetic molecular motors to drive
the motion of microscale objects by cooperative action. Light-driven molecular motors have …

We demonstrate scaffolding of plasmonic nanoparticles by topological defects induced by
colloidal microspheres to match their surface boundary conditions with a uniform far-field …

Colloids self-assemble into various organized superstructures determined by particle
interactions. There is tremendous progress in both the scientific understanding and the …

This article provides a concise review of a new state of colloidal matter called nematic liquid-
crystal colloids. These colloids are obtained by dispersing microparticles of different shapes …