Impelled by the need to find solutions to new challenges of modern technologies new
materials with unique properties are being explored. Among various new materials that …

Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

Active colloids use energy input at the particle level to propel persistent motion and direct
dynamic assemblies. We consider three types of colloids animated by chemical reactions …

Magnetic Soft Matter is a rapidly evolving discipline with fundamental and practical interest.
This is due to the fact that its physical properties can be easily controlled through external …

The successful assembly of large supramolecular structures infers a delicate balance
between reversible noncovalent interactions which are capable of undergoing correction …

Electric and magnetic fields have enabled both technological applications and fundamental
discoveries in the areas of bottom-up material synthesis, dynamic phase transitions, and …

Advancements in micro/nanofabrication have enabled the realization of practical
micro/nanoscale photonic devices such as absorbers, solar cells, metalenses, and …

Magnetically-guided colloidal assembly has proven to be a versatile method for building
hierarchical particle assemblies. This review describes the dipolar interactions that govern …

The self-assembly process, where molecules form complex structures through interaction
forces, has broad applications in various fields. However, controlling the dynamics of self …

Monodisperse magnetic colloids are found to self-assemble into unusual crystals in the
presence of rotating magnetic fields. First, we confirm a predicted phase transition (S. Jäger …