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Linking synchronization to self-assembly using magnetic Janus colloids

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  • Jing Yan

    (University of Illinois)

  • Moses Bloom

    (Northwestern University)

  • Sung Chul Bae

    (University of Illinois)

  • Erik Luijten

    (Northwestern University
    Northwestern University)

  • Steve Granick

    (University of Illinois
    University of Illinois
    University of Illinois)

Abstract

Colloidal Janus spheres in a precessing magnetic field are shown to self-assemble into in-motion microtubes dynamically selected on the basis of synchronization rather than static energy minimization.

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  • Jing Yan & Moses Bloom & Sung Chul Bae & Erik Luijten & Steve Granick, 2012. "Linking synchronization to self-assembly using magnetic Janus colloids," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7425), pages 578-581, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7425:d:10.1038_nature11619
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11619
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    1. Igor Belykh & Mateusz Bocian & Alan R. Champneys & Kevin Daley & Russell Jeter & John H. G. Macdonald & Allan McRobie, 2021. "Emergence of the London Millennium Bridge instability without synchronisation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Mendola, Naveen Kumar & Thounaojam, Umeshkanta Singh, 2024. "Collective rotation-flips and explosive synchronization in a ring of limit cycle oscillators," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    3. Tianran Zhang & Dengping Lyu & Wei Xu & Xuan Feng & Ran Ni & Yufeng Wang, 2023. "Janus particles with tunable patch symmetry and their assembly into chiral colloidal clusters," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.

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