Direct Bottom-Up In Situ Growth: A Paradigm Shift for Studies in Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

GA Vinnacombe-Willson, Y Conti, A Stefancu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Total synthesis of colloidal matter

T Hueckel, GM Hocky, S Sacanna - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Atoms serve as an inspiration for colloidal self-assembly, whereby building blocks can
combine and confer endless functionality using a few design principles, including …

Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Nanogels and Microgels at Fluid Interfaces

M Rey, MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, M Karg… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The confinement of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces offers many
opportunities for materials design. Adsorption is driven by a reduction of the total free energy …

The Beginner's Guide to Chiral Plasmonics: Mostly Harmless Theory and the Design of Large‐Area Substrates

ESA Goerlitzer, AS Puri, JJ Moses… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral plasmonics is a fascinating research field that is attractive to scientists from diverse
backgrounds. Physicists study light–matter interactions, chemists seek ways to analyze …

In-situ study of the impact of temperature and architecture on the interfacial structure of microgels

S Bochenek, F Camerin, E Zaccarelli, A Maestro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The structural characterization of microgels at interfaces is fundamental to understand both
their 2D phase behavior and their role as stabilizers that enable emulsions to be broken on …

Microgels at interfaces, from mickering emulsions to flat interfaces and back

MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, A Martin-Molina… - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we cover the topic of p (NIPAM) based microgels at interfaces, revisiting
classical studies in light of the newest ones. In particular, we focus on their use as …

Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly

J Menath, J Eatson, R Brilmayer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The two-dimensional self-assembly of colloidal particles serves as a model system for
fundamental studies of structure formation and as a powerful tool to fabricate functional …

Large‐Area Nanosphere Self‐Assembly Monolayers for Periodic Surface Nanostructures with Ultrasensitive and Spatially Uniform SERS Sensing

C Song, B Ye, J Xu, J Chen, W Shi, C Yu, C An, J Zhu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal lithography provides a rapid and low‐cost approach to construct 2D periodic
surface nanostructures. However, an impressive demonstration to prepare large‐area …

On the role of competing interactions in charged colloids with short-range attraction

J Ruiz-Franco, E Zaccarelli - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss recent advances in the investigation of colloidal systems
interacting via a combination of short-range attraction and long-range repulsion. The …