Harnessing the emergence of unique transient morphologies could have potential in the design of multifunctional, actuatable materials for switchable adhesion, antifouling, cell manipulation, and liquid and particle transport surface.
We showed how particle shape alone can induced and direct the motions of catalytic micromotors via chemically fueled electrokinetic flows.
Rotating magnetic fields can drive 2D elastic sheets, made of magnetic particles, to expand, contract, or twist.
The discovery of a new type of bonding in colloidal systems where nanoparticles diffuse and hold together colloidal crystals in the same way electrons do in metallic bonding.
We showed how particle shape can be used to encode complex dynamical behaviors into colloidal particles powered by induced-charge electrophoresis.
A Silicon Ratchet to Produce Power from Below-Bandgap Photons
A Light-Responsive Organic Electron Flashing Ratchet
Contractile Actuation and Dynamical Gel Assembly of Paramagnetic Filaments in Fast Precessing Fields
Self-Replication with Dipolar Colloids
"Soft" Amplifier Circuits based on Field-Effect Ionic Transistors
Interactions between Polyelectrolyte-Gel Surfaces
Identification of Two Mechanisms for Current Production in a Biharmonic Flashing Electron Ratchet
Transmutable Nanoparticles with Reconfigurable Surface Ligands
Enzymatic Reactions Convectively Aggregate Microcapsules Modeling Self-Assembly of Protocells
Coarsening Dynamics of Binary Liquids with Active Rotation
Controlling Shape and Pattern in Active Colloidal Cells
Morphological Phases in Ionic Liquids Induce High Conductivities at Low Temperatures
Energy Landscapes and Functions of Self-Assembling Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers
Salt Pumping by Voltage-Gated Nanochannels
Energy Conversion in Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels
Plasmonic Photonic Crystals Realized through DNA Programmable Assembly
Harnessing Self-Assembly to Make Photonic Nanowires
Dissipative Self-Assembly of Particles Interacting through Time-Oscillatory Potentials