Three-Dimensional Optothermal Manipulation of Light-Absorbing Particles in Phase-Change Gel Media

PS Kollipara, Z Wu, K Yao, D Lin, Z Ju, X Zhang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rational manipulation and assembly of discrete colloidal particles into architected
superstructures have enabled several applications in materials science and …

Photothermally reconfigurable colloidal crystals at a fluid interface, a generic approach for optically tunable lattice properties

J Vialetto, S Rudiuk, M Morel… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Optically addressable colloidal assembly at fluid interfaces is a highly desired component to
generate reconfigurable 2D materials but has rarely been achieved and only with specific …

Reconfigurable multi-scale colloidal assembly on excluded volume patterns

TD Edwards, Y Yang, WN Everett, MA Bevan - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The ability to create multi-scale, periodic colloidal assemblies with unique properties is
important to emerging applications. Dynamically manipulating colloidal structures via …

Collective transport and reconfigurable assembly of nematic colloids by light-driven cooperative molecular reorientations

J Jiang, X Wang, OI Akomolafe… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Nanomotors in nature have inspired scientists to design synthetic molecular motors to drive
the motion of microscale objects by cooperative action. Light-driven molecular motors have …

[PDF][PDF] Optical manipulation and assembly of micro/nanoscale objects on solid substrates

J Li, A Alfares, Y Zheng - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Many light-based technologies have been developed to manipulate micro/nanoscale
objects such as colloidal particles and biological cells for basic research and practical …

Opto-thermophoretic manipulation and construction of colloidal superstructures in photocurable hydrogels

X Peng, J Li, L Lin, Y Liu, Y Zheng - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Light-based manipulation of colloidal particles holds great promise in fabrication of
functional devices. Construction of complex colloidal superstructures using traditional optical …

Thermoresponsive photonic crystals

JD Debord, LA Lyon - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2000 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel nanoparticles that undergo volume phase transitions in response to changes in
temperature and pH have been used to assemble colloidal crystal gels with environmentally …

Reconfiguring self-assembly of photoresponsive hybrid colloids

N Kang, J Zhu, X Zhang, H Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reconfigurable self-assembly of colloidal particles allows the bottom-up creation of
adaptive materials, yet significant challenges remain. Here, we demonstrate a synthesis of …

Tunable thermo-reversible bicontinuous nanoparticle gel driven by the binary solvent segregation

Y Xi, RS Lankone, LP Sung, Y Liu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Bicontinuous porous structures through colloidal assembly realized by non-equilibrium
process is crucial to various applications, including water treatment, catalysis and energy …

Photoinitiated transformation of nanocrystal superlattice polymorphs assembled at a fluid interface

Y Gao, JY Huang, DM Balazs, Y Xu… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Directing the assembly of nanoscale building blocks into programmable superstructures is of
broad scientific and technological interest. Advances in nanocrystal self‐assembly at fluid …