Engineering Shapes of Active Colloids for Tunable Dynamics

Particle anisotropy tunes emergent behavior in active colloidal systems

(2022) Shannon E. Moran et al.   Soft Matter

Binary Phases and Crystals Assembled from Active and Passive Colloids

(2022) Yijiang Mu et al.   ACS Nano

Reversing a Platinum Micromotor by Introducing Platinum Oxide

(2022) Xianglong Lyu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Arrested-motility states in populations of shape-anisotropic active Janus particles

(2022) Jaideep Katuri et al.   Science Advances

Ion-exchange enabled synthetic swarm

(2021) Changjin Wu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Stationary Electro-osmotic Flow Driven by ac Fields around Insulators

(2021) Víctor Calero et al.   Physical Review Applied

Directional and Reconfigurable Assembly of Metallodielectric Patchy Particles

(2021) Zuochen Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Plasmonic Properties of Colloidal Assemblies

(2021) Christian Rossner et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Fabrication and Electric Field-Driven Active Propulsion of Patchy Microellipsoids

(2021) Jin Gyun Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Shape-Tunable Janus Micromotors via Surfactant-Induced Dewetting

(2021) Jiao Zhu et al.   LANGMUIR

Solution‐Synthesized Multifunctional Janus Nanotree Microswimmer

(2021) Jia Dai et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Active, Yet Little Mobility: Asymmetric Decomposition of H2O2 Is Not Sufficient in Propelling Catalytic Micromotors

(2021) Xianglong Lyu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Active phase separation by turning towards regions of higher density

(2021) Jie Zhang et al.   Nature Physics

Reconfigurable artificial microswimmers with internal feedback

(2021) L. Alvarez et al.   Nature Communications

Total synthesis of colloidal matter

(2021) Theodore Hueckel et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Light-Activated Fuel-Free Janus Metal Organic Framework Colloidal Motors for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions

(2021) Muhammad Ikram et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Concentration–Polarization Electroosmosis near Insulating Constrictions within Microfluidic Channels

(2021) Raúl Fernández-Mateo et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Polyhedral Micromotors of Metal–Organic Frameworks: Symmetry Breaking and Propulsion

(2021) Zhisheng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ionic Effects in Ionic Diffusiophoresis in Chemically Driven Active Colloids

(2021) Xuemao Zhou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Complex three‐dimensional microparticles from microfluidic lithography

(2020) Ye Tian et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

Motor and Rotor in One: Light-Active ZnO/Au Twinned Rods of Tunable Motion Modes

(2020) Sinan Du et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biocompatible Magnetic Micro‐ and Nanodevices: Fabrication of FePt Nanopropellers and Cell Transfection

(2020) Vincent Mauricio Kadiri et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tunable assembly of hybrid colloids induced by regioselective depletion

(2020) Mingzhu Liu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Reconfigurable microbots folded from simple colloidal chains

(2020) Tao Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tadpole‐Shaped Catalytic Janus Microrotors Enabled by Facile and Controllable Growth of Silver Nanotails

(2020) Xianglong Lv et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Customized Chiral Colloids

(2020) Mingzhu Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Colloidal diamond

(2020) Mingxin He et al.   NATURE

Large‐scale Synthesis of Uniform and Shape‐tunable ZnO/Polysiloxane Janus Micromotors Powered by Visible Light and Pure Water

(2020) Wenqing Xie et al.   ChemNanoMat

3D‐Printed Micromotors for Biomedical Applications

(2020) Junhong Ye et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Two‐Dimensional (2D) or Quasi‐2D Superstructures from DNA‐Coated Colloidal Particles

(2020) Mingzhu Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Predator–prey interactions between droplets driven by non-reciprocal oil exchange

(2020) Caleb H. Meredith et al.   Nature Chemistry

Shape-directed rotation of homogeneous micromotors via catalytic self-electrophoresis

(2019) Allan M. Brooks et al.   Nature Communications

Full Spectrum Tunable Visible‐Light‐Driven Alloy Nanomotor

(2019) Jing Zheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Shape-encoded dynamic assembly of mobile micromachines

(2019) Yunus Alapan et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Hierarchical self-assembly of 3D lattices from polydisperse anisometric colloids

(2019) Binbin Luo et al.   Nature Communications

Active Patchy Colloids with Shape-Tunable Dynamics

(2019) Zuochen Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Phoretic Liquid Metal Micro/Nanomotors as Intelligent Filler for Targeted Microwelding

(2019) Yong Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Colloidal fibers and rings by cooperative assembly

(2019) Joon Suk Oh et al.   Nature Communications

Active Micromotor Systems Built from Passive Particles with Biomimetic Predator–Prey Interactions

(2019) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ACS Nano

Shape anisotropic colloidal particle fabrication using 2-photon polymerization

(2019) Yug C. Saraswat et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Shape-Dependent Motion of Structured Photoactive Microswimmers

(2018) Dylan Nicholls et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Shape-Directed Microspinners Powered by Ultrasound

(2018) Syeda Sabrina et al.   ACS Nano

Supercolloidal Spinners: Complex Active Particles for Electrically Powered and Switchable Rotation

(2018) Charles Wyatt Shields et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Targeted assembly and synchronization of self-spinning microgears

(2018) Antoine Aubret et al.   Nature Physics

Shape-directed dynamics of active colloids powered by induced-charge electrophoresis

(2018) Allan M. Brooks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-Activated, Multi-Semiconductor Hybrid Microswimmers

(2018) Étude O'Neel-Judy et al.   Small

Photocatalytically Powered Matchlike Nanomotor for Light-Guided Active SERS Sensing

(2018) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A swarm of slippery micropropellers penetrates the vitreous body of the eye

(2018) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Science Advances

Visible-Light-Driven BiOI-Based Janus Micromotor in Pure Water

(2017) Renfeng Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sequence-encoded colloidal origami and microbot assemblies from patchy magnetic cubes

(2017) Koohee Han et al.   Science Advances

Directed Self-Assembly Pathways of Active Colloidal Clusters

(2016) Jie Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Propulsion of Active Colloids by Self-Induced Field Gradients

(2016) Alicia Boymelgreen et al.   LANGMUIR

Modes of surface premelting in colloidal crystals composed of attractive particles

(2016) Bo Li et al.   NATURE

Reconfiguring active particles by electrostatic imbalance

(2016) Jing Yan et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Programmable artificial phototactic microswimmer

(2016) Baohu Dai et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Distortion and destruction of colloidal flocks in disordered environments

(2016) Alexandre Morin et al.   Nature Physics

Topographical pathways guide chemical microswimmers

(2016) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Nature Communications

Shape-shifting colloids via stimulated dewetting

(2016) Mena Youssef et al.   Nature Communications

Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACS Nano

Inducing Propulsion of Colloidal Dimers by Breaking the Symmetry in Electrohydrodynamic Flow

(2015) Fuduo Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Electric-field–induced assembly and propulsion of chiral colloidal clusters

(2015) Fuduo Ma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enzymatically active biomimetic micropropellers for the penetration of mucin gels

(2015) D. Walker et al.   Science Advances

Controlling active self-assembly through broken particle-shape symmetry

(2014) H. H. Wensink et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Asymmetric steady streaming as a mechanism for acoustic propulsion of rigid bodies

(2014) François Nadal et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Colloidal nanoparticles as advanced biological sensors

(2014) P. D. Howes et al.   SCIENCE

Ionic effects in self-propelled Pt-coated Janus swimmers

(2014) Aidan Brown et al.   Soft Matter

Shape-selected colloidal MOF crystals for aqueous use

(2013) Melinda Sindoro et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Formation of Colloidal Molecules Induced by Alternating-Current Electric Fields

(2013) Fuduo Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoactivated Colloidal Dockers for Cargo Transportation

(2013) Jérémie Palacci et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral Colloidal Molecules And Observation of The Propeller Effect

(2013) Debora Schamel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

(2013) J. Palacci et al.   SCIENCE

Shaping colloids for self-assembly

(2013) Stefano Sacanna et al.   Nature Communications

Autonomous Motion of Metallic Microrods Propelled by Ultrasound

(2012) Wei Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Acoustofluidics 7: The acoustic radiation force on small particles

(2012) Henrik Bruus   LAB ON A CHIP

Colloids with valence and specific directional bonding

(2012) Yufeng Wang et al.   NATURE

Directed self-assembly of a colloidal kagome lattice

(2011) Qian Chen et al.   NATURE

Lock and key colloids

(2010) S. Sacanna et al.   NATURE

Cubic crystals from cubic colloids

(2010) Laura Rossi et al.   Soft Matter

Hierarchical Magnetite/Silica Nanoassemblies as Magnetically Recoverable Catalyst–Supports

(2008) Jianping Ge et al.   NANO LETTERS

Induced-Charge Electrophoresis of Metallodielectric Particles

(2008) Sumit Gangwal et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS