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Stuhlmüller NCX, Farrokhzad F, Kuświk P, Stobiecki F, Urbaniak M, Akhundzada S, Ehresmann A, Fischer TM, de Las Heras D. Simultaneous and independent topological control of identical microparticles in non-periodic energy landscapes. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7517. [PMID: 37980403 PMCID: PMC10657436 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43390-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023] Open
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Topological protection ensures stability of information and particle transport against perturbations. We explore experimentally and computationally the topologically protected transport of magnetic colloids above spatially inhomogeneous magnetic patterns, revealing that transport complexity can be encoded in both the driving loop and the pattern. Complex patterns support intricate transport modes when the microparticles are subjected to simple time-periodic loops of a uniform magnetic field. We design a pattern featuring a topological defect that functions as an attractor or a repeller of microparticles, as well as a pattern that directs microparticles along a prescribed complex trajectory. Using simple patterns and complex loops, we simultaneously and independently control the motion of several identical microparticles differing only in their positions above the pattern. Combining complex patterns and complex loops we transport microparticles from unknown locations to predefined positions and then force them to follow arbitrarily complex trajectories concurrently. Our findings pave the way for new avenues in transport control and dynamic self-assembly in colloidal science.
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- Nico C X Stuhlmüller
- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimatalphysik X, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-179, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-179, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-179, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, D-34132, Kassel, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, D-34132, Kassel, Germany
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- Experimatalphysik X, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
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Hendley RS, Zhang L, Bevan MA. Multistate Dynamic Pathways for Anisotropic Colloidal Assembly and Reconfiguration. ACS NANO 2023; 17:20512-20524. [PMID: 37788439 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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We report the controlled interfacial assembly and reconfiguration of rectangular prism colloidal particles between microstructures of varying positional and orientational order including stable, metastable, and transient states. Structurally diverse states are realized by programming time dependent electric fields that mediate dipolar interactions determining particle position, orientation, compression, and chaining. We identify an order parameter set that defines each state as a combination of the positional and orientational order. These metrics are employed as reaction coordinates to capture the microstructure evolution between initial and final states upon field changes. Assembly trajectory manifolds between states in the low-dimensional reaction coordinate space reveal a dynamic pathway map including information about pathway accessibility, reversibility, and kinetics. By navigating the dynamic pathway map, we demonstrate reconfiguration between states on minute time scales, which is practically useful for particle-based materials processing and device responses. Our findings demonstrate a conceptually general approach to discover dynamic pathways as a basis to control assembly and reconfiguration of self-organizing building blocks that respond to global external stimuli.
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- Rachel S Hendley
- Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Xu L, Jia H, Zhang C, Yin B, Yao J. Magnetically controlled assembly: a new approach to organic integrated photonics. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8723-8742. [PMID: 37621424 PMCID: PMC10445431 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01779f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Hierarchical self-assembly of organic molecules or assemblies is of great importance for organic photonics to move from fundamental research to integrated and practical applications. Magnetic fields with the advantages of high controllability, non-contact manipulation, and instantaneous response have emerged as an elegant way to prepare organic hierarchical nanostructures. In this perspective, we outline the development history of organic photonic materials and highlight the importance of organic hierarchical nanostructures for a wide range of applications, including microlasers, optical displays, information encoding, sensing, and beyond. Then, we will discuss recent advances in magnetically controlled assembly for creating organic hierarchical nanostructures, with a particular focus on their potential for enabling the development of integrated photonic devices with unprecedented functionality and performance. Finally, we present several perspectives on the further development of magnetically controlled assembly strategies from the perspective of performance optimization and functional design of organic integrated photonics.
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- Lixin Xu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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Han K. Electric and Magnetic Field-Driven Dynamic Structuring for Smart Functional Devices. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:661. [PMID: 36985068 PMCID: PMC10057767 DOI: 10.3390/mi14030661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The field of soft matter is rapidly growing and pushing the limits of conventional materials science and engineering. Soft matter refers to materials that are easily deformed by thermal fluctuations and external forces, allowing for better adaptation and interaction with the environment. This has opened up opportunities for applications such as stretchable electronics, soft robotics, and microfluidics. In particular, soft matter plays a crucial role in microfluidics, where viscous forces at the microscale pose a challenge to controlling dynamic material behavior and operating functional devices. Field-driven active colloidal systems are a promising model system for building smart functional devices, where dispersed colloidal particles can be activated and controlled by external fields such as magnetic and electric fields. This review focuses on building smart functional devices from field-driven collective patterns, specifically the dynamic structuring of hierarchically ordered structures. These structures self-organize from colloidal building blocks and exhibit reconfigurable collective patterns that can implement smart functions such as shape shifting and self-healing. The review clarifies the basic mechanisms of field-driven particle dynamic behaviors and how particle-particle interactions determine the collective patterns of dynamic structures. Finally, the review concludes by highlighting representative application areas and future directions.
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- Koohee Han
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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Hou C, Gao L, Wang Y, Yan LT. Entropic control of nanoparticle self-assembly through confinement. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2022; 7:1016-1028. [PMID: 35762392 DOI: 10.1039/d2nh00156j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Entropy can be the sole driving force for the construction and regulation of ordered structures of soft matter systems. Specifically, under confinement, the entropic penalty could induce enhanced entropic effects which potentially generate visually ordered structures. Therefore, spatial confinement or a crowding environment offers an important approach to control entropy effects in these systems. Here, we review how spatial confinement-mediated entropic effects accurately and even dynamically control the self-assembly of nanoscale objects into ordered structures, focusing on our efforts towards computer simulations and theoretical analysis. First, we introduce the basic principle of entropic ordering through confinement. We then introduce the applications of this concept to various systems containing nanoparticles, including polymer nanocomposites, biological macromolecular systems and macromolecular colloids. Finally, the future directions and challenges for tailoring nanoparticle organization through spatial confinement-mediated entropic effects are detailed. We expect that this review could stimulate further efforts in the fundamental research on the relationship between confinement and entropy and in the applications of this concept for designer nanomaterials.
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- Cuiling Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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Dual nature of magnetic nanoparticle dispersions enables control over short-range attraction and long-range repulsion interactions. Commun Chem 2022; 5:72. [PMID: 36697688 PMCID: PMC9814898 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00687-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Competition between attractive and repulsive interactions drives the formation of complex phases in colloidal suspensions. A major experimental challenge lies in decoupling independent roles of attractive and repulsive forces in governing the equilibrium morphology and long-range spatial distribution of assemblies. Here, we uncover the 'dual nature' of magnetic nanoparticle dispersions, particulate and continuous, enabling control of the short-range attraction and long-range repulsion (SALR) between suspended microparticles. We show that non-magnetic microparticles suspended in an aqueous magnetic nanoparticle dispersion simultaneously experience a short-range depletion attraction due to the particulate nature of the fluid in competition with an in situ tunable long-range magnetic dipolar repulsion attributed to the continuous nature of the fluid. The study presents an experimental platform for achieving in situ control over SALR between colloids leading to the formation of reconfigurable structures of unusual morphologies, which are not obtained using external fields or depletion interactions alone.
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Shape multistability in flexible tubular crystals through interactions of mobile dislocations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2115423119. [PMID: 35110407 PMCID: PMC8833160 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115423119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Crystalline sheets rolled up into cylinders occur in diverse biological and synthetic systems, including carbon nanotubes, biofilaments of the cellular cytoskeleton, and packings of colloidal particles. In this work, we show, computationally, that such tubular crystals can be programmed with reconfigurable shapes, due to motions of defects that interrupt the periodicity of the crystalline lattice. By identifying and exploiting stable patterns of these defects, we cause tubular crystals to relax into desired target geometries, a design principle that could guide the creation of versatile colloidal analogues to nanotubes. Our results suggest routes to tunable and switchable material properties in ordered, soft materials on deformable surfaces. We study avenues to shape multistability and shape morphing in flexible crystalline membranes of cylindrical topology, enabled by glide mobility of dislocations. Using computational modeling, we obtain states of mechanical equilibrium presenting a wide variety of tubular crystal deformation geometries, due to an interplay of effective defect interactions with out-of-tangent-plane deformations that reorient the tube axis. Importantly, this interplay often stabilizes defect configurations quite distinct from those predicted for a two-dimensional crystal confined to the surface of a rigid cylinder. We find that relative and absolute stability of competing states depend strongly on control parameters such as bending rigidity, applied stress, and spontaneous curvature. Using stable dislocation pair arrangements as building blocks, we demonstrate that targeted macroscopic three-dimensional conformations of thin crystalline tubes can be programmed by imposing certain sparse patterns of defects. Our findings reveal a broad design space for controllable and reconfigurable colloidal tube geometries, with potential relevance also to architected carbon nanotubes and microtubules.
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Behdani B, Wang K, Silvera Batista CA. Electric polarizability of metallodielectric Janus particles in electrolyte solutions. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:9410-9419. [PMID: 34608476 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01046h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Metallodielectric Janus particles (JPs) and electric fields have been a useful combination for the development of innovative concepts on AC electrokinetics, directed transport and collective dynamics. The polarizability, and its frequency dependence, underlie the rich behavior exhibited by JPs. Nonetheless, direct measurements of polarizability are few and the interplay of different mechanisms remains unclear. This paper discusses measurements and strategies to tailor the magnitude of the polarizability of JPs. Our approach uses electrorotation to measure the polarizability of particles with different thicknesses of metal in electrolyte solutions. On the other hand, we gain further insight into the basic polarization mechanisms through modeling based on the fundamental transport equations. JPs exhibit rich polarization spectra that depend strongly on the thickness of the metal layer, the conductivity of the medium and the surface charge. At low frequencies-around 10 kHz-the results indicate that counter-field rotation stems from the charging of the double layer at the particle-electrolyte interface, while the transition to co-field rotation at high frequencies (above 100 kHz) stems from the Maxwell-Wagner relaxation. The latter polarization mechanism is significantly affected by the conductivity within the electrical double layer. The insights from this study provide helpful quantitative information for the design of colloidal machines with desirable features such as targeted propulsion, and tunable collective dynamics.
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- Behrouz Behdani
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
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Vialetto J, Anyfantakis M. Exploiting Additives for Directing the Adsorption and Organization of Colloid Particles at Fluid Interfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9302-9335. [PMID: 34327999 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The self-assembly of colloids at fluid interfaces is a well-studied research field both for gaining fundamental insights and for material fabrication. The fluid interface allows the confinement of particles in two dimensions and may act as a template for guiding their organization into soft and reconfigurable structures. Additives (e.g., surfactants, salts, and polymers) in the colloidal suspension are routinely used as a practical and effective tool to drive particle adsorption and tune their interfacial organization. However, some phenomena lying at the heart of the accumulation and self-assembly of particles at fluid interfaces remain poorly understood. This Feature Article aims to critically analyze the mechanisms involved in the adsorption and self-organization of micro- and nanoparticles at various fluid interfaces. In particular, we address the role of additives in both promoting the adsorption of particles from the bulk suspension to the fluid interface and in mediating the interactions between interfacial particles. We emphasize how different types of additives play a crucial role in controlling the interactions between suspended particles and the fluid interface as well as the interactions between adsorbed particles, thus dictating the final self-assembled structure. We also critically summarize the main experimental protocols developed for the complete adsorption of particles initially suspended in the bulk. Furthermore, we highlight some special properties (e.g., reconfigurability upon external stimulation and dissipative self-assembly) and the application potential of structures formed by colloid self-organization at fluid interfaces mediated/promoted by additives. We believe our contribution serves both as a practical roadmap to scientists coming from other fields and as a valuable information resource for all researchers interested in this exciting research field.
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- Jacopo Vialetto
- Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg L-1511, Luxembourg
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Mukhopadhyay A. Curved colloidal crystals of discoids at near-critical liquid-liquid interface. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:6942-6951. [PMID: 34251017 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00765c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The assembly of disc-shaped particles at curved liquid-liquid interfaces was studied by using confocal microscopy. The interface is formed by a phase-separating critical liquid mixture of 2,6-lutidine and heavy water, where the colloids spontaneously assembled forming a dome. The novelty of this system is three-fold. First, the domes can be constructed and annihilated remotely and reversibly, which allows dynamic control of the colloidal assembly. Second, the effect of curvature can be investigated by analyzing domes of different radii ranging from 5 μm to 125 μm. Third, the slow dynamics due to hydrodynamic interaction among the particles can be utilized to investigate the time-evolution of defect morphology. Unlike the widely studied repulsive colloids, the interparticle potential near the critical point has an attractive component. I contrasted the packing and defects morphology of a solid-like and liquid-like dome differing in particle number density. In the solid-like dome, a chain of 5- and 7-fold coordinated particles was observed. The analysis of trajectories showed that particles were bound in a potential well of a depth of about ten times the thermal energy, which matched well with the calculation of the pair-potential by considering the attractive critical Casimir force among the particles. In the liquid-like dome, 6-fold particles separated by clusters of 5- and 7-coordinated particles were observed, which is suggestive of liquid-solid coexistence. The uniqueness of this system will open up a new research avenue to investigate the effect of varying curvature on the crystallization, defects, and phase diagram of colloidal assemblies.
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Miller JR, Wang CY, Keating CD, Liu Z. Particle-Based Reconfigurable Scattering Masks for Lensless Imaging. ACS NANO 2020; 14:13038-13046. [PMID: 32929968 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Light scattering is typically undesired in optical systems as it often introduces defects or otherwise negatively impacts device performance. However, rather than being a hindrance, scattering can also be exploited to achieve lensless imaging using a scattering mask instead of lenses to enable devices with low-cost, compact construction, and yet a large field of view. Lensless imaging can benefit greatly from the ability to dynamically tune the scattering pattern produced by the mask; however, this often results in increased complexity and cost. Herein, we propose and demonstrate particle-based reconfigurable scattering masks to dynamically tune light scattering for lensless imaging, enabling multishot image reconstruction. Disordered particle populations are tuned by rational application of electric fields without requiring bulky or expensive components. Several assembly motifs are explored and studied for optimal performance; in particular, gold nanowires chained between planar electrodes yield the best reconstruction quality and are the main focus in this study. The distinct gold nanowire based scattering masks achieve a complex wavelet structural similarity as low as 0.36. By leveraging the submicrometer thickness of particles and the resultant large optical memory effect, an angular field of view of ±45° is demonstrated. The reconfigurable nature of the particle arrays enables multishot reconstruction which results in enhanced image quality and improved signal-to-noise ratios by up to 10-fold. These results suggest that reconfigurable particle masks could be a broadly applicable means of achieving dynamically tunable light scattering with potential applications in lensless microscopy or high-resolution imaging.
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Wang K, Jin SM, Li F, Tian D, Xu J, Lee E, Zhu J. Soft Confined Assembly of Polymer-Tethered Inorganic Nanoparticles in Cylindrical Micelles. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Ke Wang
- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mold Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan430074, China
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- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon305764, Republic of Korea
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mold Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mold Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mold Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan430074, China
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- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon305764, Republic of Korea
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mold Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan430074, China
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Hydrodynamic and frictional modulation of deformations in switchable colloidal crystallites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:12700-12706. [PMID: 32444486 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921805117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Displacive transformations in colloidal crystals may offer a pathway for increasing the diversity of accessible configurations without the need to engineer particle shape or interaction complexity. To date, binary crystals composed of spherically symmetric particles at specific size ratios have been formed that exhibit floppiness and facile routes for transformation into more rigid structures that are otherwise not accessible by direct nucleation and growth. There is evidence that such transformations, at least at the micrometer scale, are kinetically influenced by concomitant solvent motion that effectively induces hydrodynamic correlations between particles. Here, we study quantitatively the impact of such interactions on the transformation of binary bcc-CsCl analog crystals into close-packed configurations. We first employ principal-component analysis to stratify the explorations of a bcc-CsCl crystallite into orthogonal directions according to displacement. We then compute diffusion coefficients along the different directions using several dynamical models and find that hydrodynamic correlations, depending on their range, can either enhance or dampen collective particle motions. These two distinct effects work synergistically to bias crystallite deformations toward a subset of the available outcomes.
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Es Sayed J, Lorthioir C, Banet P, Perrin P, Sanson N. Reversible Assembly of Microgels by Metallo‐Supramolecular Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Julien Es Sayed
- Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering ESPCI PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris Sorbonne Université CNRS Collège de France 4 Place Jussieu 75005 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces CY Cergy Paris Université 5 Mail Gay Lussac, Site de Neuville 95000 Cergy Pontoise Cedex France
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- Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering ESPCI PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering ESPCI PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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Paiva FL, Hore MJA, Secchi A, Calado V, Maia J, Khani S. Dynamic Interfacial Trapping of Janus Nanorod Aggregates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:4184-4193. [PMID: 32200633 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Taking advantage of both shape and chemical anisotropy on the same nanoparticle offers rich self-assembly possibilities for nanotechnology. Through dissipative particle dynamics calculations, in the present work, the directed assembly of Janus nanorod aggregates and their capability to assemble into metastable novel structures at an interfacial level have been assessed. Symmetric Janus rods become kinetically trapped and exhibit either parallel or antiparallel alignment with respect to their long axis (different compositions). This depends on several factors that have been mapped herein and that can be precisely tuned: Flory-Huggins interaction parameter χ between polymer phases; concentration; shear rate; and even aggregate shape. Ultimately, two different aggregate structures result from rod tumbling that are not observed under quiescent conditions: monolayer-like aggregates exhibiting trapped rods with antiparallel configuration; and stacked nanorod arrays similar to superlattice sheets. These different structures can be controlled by the likelihood with which tumbling Janus rods encounter other aggregate portions showing parallel alignment. Hence, the present study offers fundamental insight into relevant parameters that govern the directed assembly of Janus nanoparticles at an interfacial level. Novel applications may potentially derive from the resulting aggregate structures, such as peculiar displays and sensors.
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- Felipe L Paiva
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- School of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Horácio Macedo 2030, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Chemical Engineering Graduate Program (COPPE), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Horácio Macedo 2030, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
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- School of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Horácio Macedo 2030, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Mahynski NA, Mao R, Pretti E, Shen VK, Mittal J. Grand canonical inverse design of multicomponent colloidal crystals. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:3187-3194. [PMID: 32134420 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02426c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Inverse design methods are powerful computational approaches for creating colloidal systems which self-assemble into a target morphology by reverse engineering the Hamiltonian of the system. Despite this, these optimization procedures tend to yield Hamiltonians which are too complex to be experimentally realized. An alternative route to complex structures involves the use of several different components, however, conventional inverse design methods do not explicitly account for the possibility of phase separation into compositionally distinct structures. Here, we present an inverse design scheme for multicomponent colloidal systems by combining active learning with a method to directly compute their ground state phase diagrams. This explicitly accounts for phase separation and can locate stable regions of Hamiltonian parameter space which grid-based surveys are prone to miss. Using this we design low-density, binary structures with Lennard-Jones-like pairwise interactions that are simpler than in the single component case and potentially realizable in an experimental setting. This reinforces the concept that ground states of simple, multicomponent systems might be rich with previously unappreciated diversity, enabling the assembly of non-trivial structures with only few simple components instead of a single complex one.
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- Nathan A Mahynski
- Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8320, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, 111 Research Dr., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-4791, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, 111 Research Dr., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-4791, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8320, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, 111 Research Dr., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-4791, USA
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Es Sayed J, Lorthioir C, Banet P, Perrin P, Sanson N. Reversible Assembly of Microgels by Metallo‐Supramolecular Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:7042-7048. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Julien Es Sayed
- Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering ESPCI PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris Sorbonne Université CNRS Collège de France 4 Place Jussieu 75005 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces CY Cergy Paris Université 5 Mail Gay Lussac, Site de Neuville 95000 Cergy Pontoise Cedex France
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- Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering ESPCI PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering ESPCI PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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Szakasits ME, Saud KT, Mao X, Solomon MJ. Rheological implications of embedded active matter in colloidal gels. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:8012-8021. [PMID: 31497836 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01496a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Colloidal gels represent an important class of soft matter, in which networks formed due to strong, short-range interactions display solid-like mechanical properties, such as a finite low-frequency elastic modulus. Here we examine the effect of embedded active colloids on the linear viscoelastic moduli of fractal cluster colloidal gels. We find that the autonomous, out-of-equilibrium dynamics of active colloids incorporated into the colloidal network decreases gel elasticity, in contrast to observed stiffening effects of myosin motors in actin networks. Fractal cluster gels are formed by the well-known mechanism of aggregating polystyrene colloids through addition of divalent electrolyte. Active Janus particles with a platinum hemisphere are created from the same polystyrene colloids and homogeneously embedded in the gels at dilute concentration at the time of aggregation. Upon addition of hydrogen peroxide - a fuel that drives the diffusiophoretic motion of the embedded Janus particles - the microdynamics and mechanical rheology change in proportion to the concentration of hydrogen peroxide and the number of active colloids. We propose a theoretical explanation of this effect in which the decrease in modulus is mediated by active motion-induced softening of the inter-particle attraction. Furthermore, we characterize the failure of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in the active gels by identifying a discrepancy between the frequency-dependent macroscopic viscoelastic moduli and the values predicted by microrheology from measurement of the gel microdynamics. These findings support efforts to engineer gels for autonomous function by tuning the microscopic dynamics of embedded active particles. Such reconfigurable gels, with multi-state mechanical properties, could find application in materials such as paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, self-healing materials, and soft robotics.
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- Megan E Szakasits
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
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Wan D, Du CX, van Anders G, Glotzer SC. FCC ↔ BCC Phase Transitions in Convex and Concave Hard Particle Systems. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:9038-9043. [PMID: 31573808 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Solid-solid transitions are ubiquitous in nature and are important for technology. Understanding and exploiting transitions are complicated by the fact that multiple transition pathways can exist between small unit cell structures such as face-centered cubic (FCC) and body-centered cubic (BCC). By symmetry, FCC ↔ BCC transitions can occur via a pair of continuous transitions or via a discontinuous, first-order transition. However, how to, or whether it is possible to, select between pathways is unclear. Here, we use particle shape change to induce FCC ↔ BCC transitions in systems where particle valence is malleable. Though some particle shapes can eliminate metastable HCP stacking faults, we find that for both convex and concave particles, transitions are first-order.
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- Duanduan Wan
- School of Physics and Technology , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy , Queen's University , Kingston , Ontario K7L 3N6 , Canada
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Experimental synthesis and characterization of rough particles for colloidal and granular rheology. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kao PK, VanSaders BJ, Durkin MD, Glotzer SC, Solomon MJ. Anisotropy effects on the kinetics of colloidal crystallization and melting: comparison of spheres and ellipsoids. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:7479-7489. [PMID: 31513214 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00887j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We use alternating current (AC) electric field assisted self-assembly to produce two-dimensional, millimeter scale arrays of ellipsoidal colloids and study the kinetics of their phase reconfiguration by means of confocal microscopy, light scattering, and computer simulation. We find that the kinetics of orientational and positional ordering can be manipulated by changing the shape of the colloids: ellipsoids with aspect ratio 2.0 melt into disordered structures 5.7 times faster compared to spheres. On the other hand, ellipsoids self-assemble into ordered crystals at a similar rate to spheres. Confocal microscopy is used to directly visualize defects in the self-assembled structures. Small-angle light scattering (SALS) quantifies the light diffraction response, which is sensitive to the kinetics of positional and orientational ordering in the self-assembled anisotropic structures. We find three different light diffraction patterns: a phase with high orientational order (with chain-like structure in real space), a phase with high positional and orientational order (characteristic of a close-packed structure), and a phase that is disordered in position but with intermediate orientational order. The large influence of aspect ratio on the kinetics of the positionally and orientationally ordered phase is explored through simulation; it is found that the number of particle degrees of freedom controls the difference between the melting rates of the ellipsoids and spheres. This research contributes to the understanding of reconfiguration kinetics and optical properties of colloidal crystals produced from anisotropic colloids.
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- Peng-Kai Kao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, North Campus Research Complex, Building 10 - A151, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Boniello G, Luo Y, Beller DA, Serra F, Stebe KJ. Colloids in confined liquid crystals: a plot twist in the lock-and-key mechanism. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:5220-5226. [PMID: 31172164 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00788a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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By confining soft materials within tailored boundaries it is possible to design energy landscapes to address and control colloidal dynamics. This provides unique opportunities to create reconfigurable, hierarchically organized structures, a leading challenge in materials science. Example soft matter systems include liquid crystals. For instance, when nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) are confined in a vessel with undulated boundaries, bend and splay distortions can be used to position particles. Here we confine this system in a twist cell. We also study cholesteric liquid crystals, which have an "intrinsic" twist distortion which adds to the ones imposed by the solid boundaries. The cholesteric pitch competes with the other length scales in the system (colloid radius, vessel thickness, wavelength of boundary undulations), enriching the possible configurations. Depending on the pitch-to-radius and pitch-to-thickness ratios the interaction can be attractive or repulsive. By tuning the pitch (i.e. changing the concentration of the chiral dopant), it is possible to selectively promote or inhibit particle trapping at the docking sites.
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- Giuseppe Boniello
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Vialetto J, Anyfantakis M, Rudiuk S, Morel M, Baigl D. Photoswitchable Dissipative Two‐Dimensional Colloidal Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jacopo Vialetto
- PASTEURDepartment of ChemistryÉcole Normale SupérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
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- PASTEURDepartment of ChemistryÉcole Normale SupérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
- Physics & Materials Science Research UnitUniversity of Luxembourg 162a Avenue de la Faiencerie Luxembourg 1511 Luxembourg
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- PASTEURDepartment of ChemistryÉcole Normale SupérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
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- PASTEURDepartment of ChemistryÉcole Normale SupérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
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- PASTEURDepartment of ChemistryÉcole Normale SupérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
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Vialetto J, Anyfantakis M, Rudiuk S, Morel M, Baigl D. Photoswitchable Dissipative Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:9145-9149. [PMID: 31041837 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Control over particle interactions and organization at fluid interfaces is of great importance both for fundamental studies and practical applications. Rendering these systems stimulus-responsive is thus a desired challenge both for investigating dynamic phenomena and realizing reconfigurable materials. Here, we describe the first reversible photocontrol of two-dimensional colloidal crystallization at the air/water interface, where millimeter-sized assemblies of microparticles can be actuated through the dynamic adsorption/desorption behavior of a photosensitive surfactant added to the suspension. This allows us to dynamically switch the particle organization between a highly crystalline (under light) and a disordered (in the dark) phase with a fast response time (crystallization in ≈10 s, disassembly in ≈1 min). These results evidence a new kind of dissipative system where the crystalline state can be maintained only upon energy supply.
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- Jacopo Vialetto
- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France
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- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France.,Physics & Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, 162a Avenue de la Faiencerie, Luxembourg, 1511, Luxembourg
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- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France
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- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France
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- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France
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Donahue PP, Zhang C, Nye N, Miller J, Wang CY, Tang R, Christodoulides D, Keating CD, Liu Z. Controlling Disorder by Electric-Field-Directed Reconfiguration of Nanowires To Tune Random Lasing. ACS NANO 2018; 12:7343-7351. [PMID: 29949714 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Top-down fabrication is commonly used to provide positioning control of optical structures; yet, it places stringent limitations on component materials, and oftentimes, dynamic reconfigurability is challenging to realize. Here, we present a reconfigurable nanoparticle platform that can integrate heterogeneous particle assembly of different shapes, sizes, and chemical compositions. We demonstrate dynamic control of disorder in this platform and use it to tune random laser emission characteristics for a suspension of titanium dioxide nanowires in a dye solution. Using an alternating current electric field, we control the nanowire orientation to dynamically engineer the collective scattering of the sample. Our theoretical model indicates that a change of up to 22% in scattering coefficient can be achieved for the experimentally determined nanowire length distribution upon alignment. Dependence of light confinement on anisotropic particle alignment provides a means to reversibly tune random laser characteristics; a nearly 20-fold increase in lasing intensity was observed with aligned particle orientation. We illustrate the generality of the approach by demonstrating enhanced lasing for aligned nanowires of other materials including gold, mixed gold/dielectric, and vanadium oxide.
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- CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics , University of Central Florida , Orlando , Florida 32816 , United States
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- CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics , University of Central Florida , Orlando , Florida 32816 , United States
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