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An equilibrium rotator glass-forming phase for long-ranged repulsive colloidal rods [PDF]

Nature Communications
Glasses, amorphous solid phases nearly always out of equilibrium, remain poorly understood despite recent progress. Here we show by quantitative real-space experiments and computer simulations the existence of an equilibrium glass-forming phase which ...
Thijs Herman Besseling, Berend van der Meer, Bing Liu, Laura Filion, Arnout Imhof, Alfons van Blaaderen   +5 more
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Effect of adhesive interaction on strain stiffening and dissipation in granular gels undergoing yielding

Communications Physics, 2022
Non-linearity and energy dissipation in athermal disordered solids undergoing strain-induced yielding and fluidization remain poorly understood. Here, the authors use oscillatory shear rheology, in-situ imaging, and particle settling experiments to study
Sebanti Chattopadhyay, Sharadhi Nagaraja, Sayantan Majumdar   +2 more
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Splay-bend nematic phases of bent colloidal silica rods induced by polydispersity

Nature Communications, 2022
Different shapes of molecules or particles can exhibit various liquid crystal phases. The authors report on an experimental discovery of a so called splay-bend nematic liquid crystal phase in a colloidal system of bent silica rods.
Ramakrishna Kotni, Albert Grau-Carbonell, Massimiliano Chiappini, Marjolein Dijkstra, Alfons van Blaaderen   +4 more
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Structural diversity in three-dimensional self-assembly of nanoplatelets by spherical confinement

Nature Communications, 2022
Nanoplatelets can be used as anisotropic building blocks for constructing novel optoelectronic materials. Here, Wang et al. show a route of assembling nanoplatelets with controllable positional and orientational order in three dimensions facilitated by ...
Da Wang, Michiel Hermes, Stan Najmr, Nikos Tasios, Albert Grau-Carbonell, Yang Liu, Sara Bals, Marjolein Dijkstra, Christopher B. Murray, Alfons van Blaaderen   +9 more
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3D test sample for the calibration and quality control of stimulated emission depletion (STED) and confocal microscopes

Communications Biology, 2021
Van der Wee et al. establish a new colloidal crystal standard sample for the alignment and calibration of confocal and stimulated emission depletion microscopy.
Ernest B. van der Wee, Jantina Fokkema, Chris L. Kennedy, Marc del Pozo, D. A. Matthijs de Winter, Peter N. A. Speets, Hans C. Gerritsen, Alfons van Blaaderen   +7 more
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High performance recycled CFRP composites based on reused carbon fabrics through sustainable mild solvolysis route

Scientific Reports, 2022
A novel environmentally friendly recycling method is developed for large carbon-fibers reinforced-polymers composite panels whose efficiency is demonstrated through a proof-of-concept fabrication of a new composite part based on recycled fibers.
W. Ballout, N. Sallem-Idrissi, M. Sclavons, C. Doneux, C. Bailly, T. Pardoen, P. Van Velthem   +6 more
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Two Intercalation Mechanisms of Oxazole Yellow Dimer (YOYO-1) into DNA

Molecules, 2021
The oxazole yellow dye, YOYO-1 (a symmetric homodimer), is a commonly used molecule for staining DNA. We applied the brightness analysis to study the intercalation of YOYO-1 into the DNA.
Karolina Kucharska, Marta Pilz, Krzysztof Bielec, Tomasz Kalwarczyk, Patrycja Kuźma, Robert Hołyst   +5 more
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Low‐dose liquid cell electron microscopy investigation of the complex etching mechanism of rod‐shaped silica colloids

Nano Select, 2021
Understanding the chemical structure of rod‐shaped silica colloidal particles is attainable by investigating their etching mechanism in solution. Liquid Cell (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy (LC‐(S)TEM) is a promising technique through which ...
Sina Sadighikia, Albert Grau‐Carbonell, Tom A.J. Welling, Ramakrishna Kotni, Fabian Hagemans, Arnout Imhof, Marijn A. van Huis, Alfons van Blaaderen   +7 more
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Synthesis and Characterization of Anatase TiO₂ Nanorods: Insights from Nanorods’ Formation and Self-Assembly

Applied Sciences, 2022
Highly crystalline, organic-solvent-dispersible titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanorods (NRs) present promising chemicophysical properties in many diverse applications.
Seyed Naveed Hosseini, Xiaodan Chen, Patrick J. Baesjou, Arnout Imhof, Alfons van Blaaderen   +4 more
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Interplay between spherical confinement and particle shape on the self-assembly of rounded cubes

Nature Communications, 2018
Colloidal nanoparticles self-assembled under spherical confinement can form a rich variety of structures. Here, the authors study the self-assembly of sharp and rounded nanocubes under such confinement, revealing the influence of particle and face ...
Da Wang, Michiel Hermes, Ramakrishna Kotni, Yaoting Wu, Nikos Tasios, Yang Liu, Bart de Nijs, Ernest B. van der Wee, Christopher B. Murray, Marjolein Dijkstra, Alfons van Blaaderen   +10 more
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