Effective hard-sphere repulsions between oleate-capped colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals

CK Ofosu, J Kang, TM Truskett… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystal interactions in solvent influence colloidal stability and dictate self-assembly
outcomes. Small-angle X-ray scattering is used to study how dilute oleate-capped In2O3 …

Morphological control of bundled actin networks subject to fixed-mass depletion

J Clarke, L Melcher, AD Crowell, F Cavanna… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Depletion interactions are thought to significantly contribute to the organization of
intracellular structures in the crowded cytosol. The strength of depletion interactions …

Direct Synthesis of CuPd Icosahedra Supercrystals Studied by In Situ X‐Ray Scattering

D Derelli, K Frank, L Grote, F Mancini, AC Dippel… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocrystal self‐assembly into supercrystals provides a versatile platform for creating novel
materials and devices with tailored properties. While common self‐assembly strategies …

Assessing Depletion Attractions Between Colloidal Nanocrystals

CK Ofosu, T Wilcoxson, TL Lee, W Brackett, J Choi… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Adding non-adsorbing polymers to hard microsphere dispersions generates osmotic
depletion attractions that can be quantitatively predicted and designed to manipulate …

In-vitro active gels: quantifying actin network interactions and morphologies

F Cavanna - 2024 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Actin is a biopolymer found in living cells and used for structural and locomotive work. While
this protein is often studied within in-vivo work, it is often difficult to disentangle causality for …