[HTML][HTML] Tackling orientation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): The quest to enhance MOF performance

IE Khalil, J Fonseca, MR Reithofer, T Eder… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
As the structure and properties of anisotropic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) vary with
certain directions in space, controlling the orientation of these MOFs allows full advantage to …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals: from intricate structures to functional materials

MA Boles, M Engel, DV Talapin - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Fabrication of oriented polycrystalline MOF superstructures

M Linares‐Moreau, LA Brandner… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The field of metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) has progressed beyond the design and
exploration of powdery and single‐crystalline materials. A current challenge is the …

Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids

L Wang, AM Urbas, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …

Cellulose nanocrystal-based materials: from liquid crystal self-assembly and glass formation to multifunctional thin films

JPF Lagerwall, C Schütz, M Salajkova, JH Noh… - NPG Asia …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), produced by the acid hydrolysis of wood, cotton or other
cellulose-rich sources, constitute a renewable nanosized raw material with a broad range of …

[ספר][B] Colloids and the depletion interaction

HNW Lekkerkerker, R Tuinier, M Vis - 2024‏ - library.oapen.org
This open access book provides a detailed exploration of the phase behaviour of, and
interfacial properties in, complex colloidal mixtures (eg, clay, milk, blood). Insights into …

Synthesis of monodisperse, rodlike silica colloids with tunable aspect ratio

A Kuijk, A Van Blaaderen, A Imhof - Journal of the American …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Although the experimental study of spherical colloids has been extensive, similar studies on
rodlike particles are rare because suitable model systems are scarcely available. To fulfill …

Phase-field-crystal models for condensed matter dynamics on atomic length and diffusive time scales: an overview

H Emmerich, H Löwen, R Wittkowski, T Gruhn… - Advances in …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
Here, we review the basic concepts and applications of the phase-field-crystal (PFC)
method, which is one of the latest simulation methodologies in materials science for …

[ספר][B] Complex plasmas and colloidal dispersions: particle-resolved studies of classical liquids and solids

A Ivlev, G Morfill, H Lowen, CP Royall - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Many fundamental issues in classical condensed matter physics can be addressed
experimentally using systems of individually visible mesoscopic particles playing the role of …

Random packings of spheres and spherocylinders simulated by mechanical contraction

SR Williams, AP Philipse - Physical Review E, 2003‏ - APS
We introduce a simulation technique for creating dense random packings of hard particles.
The technique is particularly suited to handle particles of different shapes. Dense …