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Chiral colloidal clusters

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  • D. Zerrouki

    (Laboratoire Colloïdes et Matériaux Divisés, ESPCI, UPMC, CNRS, ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France)

  • J. Baudry

    (Laboratoire Colloïdes et Matériaux Divisés, ESPCI, UPMC, CNRS, ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France)

  • D. Pine

    (Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA)

  • P. Chaikin

    (Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA)

  • J. Bibette

    (Laboratoire Colloïdes et Matériaux Divisés, ESPCI, UPMC, CNRS, ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France)

Abstract

Chiral colloidal clusters To advance the use of colloids as building blocks for the fabrication of large-scale complex structures for applications in nanotechnology, it is desirable to give them the functionality and variability found in chemistry. A step in that direction has now been achieved with the development of magnetic colloids that can rapidly self-assemble into a variety of isomeric forms. Depending on the shape of the colloidal blocks relative to their spontaneous direction of magnetization, these colloids self-assemble into structures with controlled helicity. If the size ratio between the colloidal spheres in the assembly is large enough, a single helicity is chosen, right or left. This work opens up a new link between colloidal science and chemistry that could lead to the assembly of a wide variety of nanoparticles and mesopolymers.

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  • D. Zerrouki & J. Baudry & D. Pine & P. Chaikin & J. Bibette, 2008. "Chiral colloidal clusters," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7211), pages 380-382, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7211:d:10.1038_nature07237
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07237
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    1. Zhihua Cheng & Matthew R. Jones, 2022. "Assembly of planar chiral superlattices from achiral building blocks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Guangdong Chen & Hanwen Pei & Xuefei Zhang & Wei Shi & Mingjie Liu & Charl F. J. Faul & Bai Yang & Yan Zhao & Kun Liu & Zhongyuan Lu & Zhihong Nie & Yang Yang, 2022. "Liquid-crystalline behavior on dumbbell-shaped colloids and the observation of chiral blue phases," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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