Self‐assembled Micro‐nanorobots: From Assembly Mechanisms to Applications

F Wei, T Zhong, Z Zhan, L Yao - ChemNanoMat, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the extremely tiny size, micro‐nanorobots hold promise in performing tasks at the
micro‐nanoscale, which is impossible for macroscale robots. However, the massive …

Induced capillary dipoles in floating particle assemblies

M Delens, Y Collard, N Vandewalle - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
Capillary-driven self-assembly is a common fabrication method that consists of placing
floating particles onto a liquid-air interface. The attractive interaction between particles is …

Controlled capillary assembly of magnetic Janus particles at fluid–fluid interfaces

Q Xie, GB Davies, J Harting - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Capillary interactions can be used to direct assembly of particles adsorbed at fluid–fluid
interfaces. Precisely controlling the magnitude and direction of capillary interactions to …

Self-assembly of ellipsoidal particles at fluid-fluid interfaces with an empirical pair potential

AM Luo, J Vermant, P Ilg, Z Zhang… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Colloidal particles adsorbed at fluid-fluid interfaces interact via mechanisms that can be
specific to the presence of interfaces, for instance, lateral capillary interactions induced by …

Super-resolution microscopy on single particles at fluid interfaces reveals their wetting properties and interfacial deformations

A Aloi, N Vilanova, L Isa, AM De Jong, IK Voets - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid particles adsorbed at fluid interfaces are crucial for the mechanical stability of
Pickering emulsions. The key parameter which determines the kinetic and thermodynamic …

Formation of bijels stabilized by magnetic ellipsoidal particles in external magnetic fields

N Karthikeyan, UD Schiller - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bicontinuous interfacially-jammed emulsion gels (bijels) are increasingly used as emulsion
templates for the fabrication of functional porous materials including membranes, electrodes …

Capillary force on an 'inert'colloid: a physical analogy to dielectrophoresis

JM Barakat, TM Squires - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
“Inert” colloids are μm-scale particles that create no distortion when trapped at a planar fluid–
fluid interface. When placed in a curved interface, however, such colloids can create …

Capillary interaction and self-assembly of tilted magnetic ellipsoidal particles at liquid interfaces

BJ Newton, R Mohammed, GB Davies, L Botto… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Magnetic ellipsoidal particles adsorbed at a liquid interface provide exciting opportunities for
creating switchable functional materials, where self-assembly can be switched on and off …

Magnetic cylindrical colloids at liquid interfaces exhibit non-volatile switching of their orientation in an external field

BJ Newton, DMA Buzza - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the orientation of magnetic cylindrical particles adsorbed at a liquid interface in an
external field using analytical theory and high resolution finite element simulations …

Equilibrium Orientation and Adsorption of an Ellipsoidal Janus Particle at a Fluid–Fluid Interface

F Günther, Q Xie, J Harting - Colloids and Interfaces, 2020 - mdpi.com
We investigate the equilibrium orientation and adsorption process of a single, ellipsoidal
Janus particle at a fluid–fluid interface. The particle surface comprises equally sized parts …