Medium-and long-chain alkanes and their mixtures possess a remarkable physical property–
they form intermediate structured phases between their isotropic liquid phase and their fully …

The general mechanisms of structure and form generation are the keys to understanding the
fundamental processes of morphogenesis in living and non-living systems. In our recent …

Thanks to the narrow line width and high brightness, colloidal quantum dot (CQD) lasers
show promising applications in next-generation displays. However, CQD laser-based …

The shape diversity and controlled reconfigurability of closed surfaces and filamentous
structures, universally found in cellular colonies and living tissues, are challenging to …

While small single-stranded viral shells encapsidate their genome spontaneously, many
large viruses, such as the herpes simplex virus or infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) …

With few exceptions,–, polydispersity or molecular heterogeneity in matter tends to impede
self-assembly and state transformation. For example, shape transformations of liquid …

Non-aqueous phase change emulsions are very unknown and promising multifunctional
fluids consisting of phase change materials dispersed in carrier fluids, both being oily …

For almost 200 y, the dominant approach to understand oil-on-water droplet shape and
stability has been the thermodynamic expectation of minimized energy, yet parallel literature …

Patchy particles with shape complementarity can serve as building blocks for assembling
colloidal superstructures. Alternatively, encoding information on patches using DNA can …

The stabilization of nanoemulsions, nanosized oil droplets dispersed in water, is commonly
achieved through the addition of surfactants and polymers. However, nanoemulsions in the …