Shape-shifting colloids via stimulated dewetting

Autor: Mena Youssef, Theodore Hueckel, Gi-Ra Yi, Stefano Sacanna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12216
Popis: Mimicking the intrinsic adaptability of biological systems in synthetic materials has been a challenge. Here, Sacanna and co-workers have used dewetting forces between an oil phase and solid colloidal substrate to facilitate shape shifting particles that can change geometry by chemical and optical signals.
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