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

Differently from passive Brownian particles, active particles, also known as self-propelled
Brownian particles or microswimmers and nanoswimmers, are capable of taking up energy …

The ability to design and assemble three-dimensional structures from colloidal particles is
limited by the absence of specific directional bonds. As a result, complex or low-coordination …

A challenging goal in materials chemistry and physics is spontaneously to form intended
superstructures from designed building blocks. In fields such as crystal engineering and the …

Patches on the surfaces of colloidal particles,,,, provide directional information that enables
the self-assembly of the particles into higher-order structures. Although computational tools …

The site‐specific engineering of colloidal surfaces has provided a powerful approach to
pushing the boundaries of today's materials research. The resulting surface‐anisotropic and …

Recently, an increasing experimental effort has been devoted to the synthesis of complex
colloidal particles with chemically or physically patterned surfaces and possible specific …

Recent breakthroughs in colloidal synthesis allow the control of particle shapes and
properties with high precision. This provides us with a constantly expanding library of new …

Colloidal particles with site-specific directional interactions, so called “patchy particles”, are
promising candidates for bottom-up assembly routes towards complex structures with …

The relevance of anisotropic interactions in colloidal systems has recently emerged in the
context of the rational design of new soft materials. Patchy colloids of different shapes …