PTFE-PMMA core-shell colloidal particles as building blocks for self-assembled opals: synthesis, properties and optical response

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1294-1301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Antonioli ◽  
Simone Deregibus ◽  
Guido Panzarasa ◽  
Katia Sparnacci ◽  
Michele Laus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Optical Response ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Synthesis Properties ◽  
Self Assembled

scholarly journals Self-Assembly of Shape-Tunable Oblate Colloidal Particles into Orientationally Ordered Crystals, Glassy Crystals and Plastic Crystals

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawei Lu ◽  
Xiangyu Bu ◽  
Xinghua Zhang ◽  
Bing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
The Self ◽  
Plastic Crystals ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Glassy Crystals ◽  
The Relationship

The shapes of colloidal particles are crucial to the self-assembled superstructures. Understanding the relationship between the shapes of building blocks and the resulting crystal structures is an important fundamental question....

scholarly journals Design of Functionalized Lobed Particles for Porous Self-Assemblies

JOM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswajit Gorai ◽  
Brunno C. Rocha ◽  
Harish Vashisth
Keyword(s):  
Functional Groups ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Trigonal Bipyramidal ◽  
Square Planar ◽  
Random Aggregate ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Planar Geometries

AbstractColloidal particles fabricated with anisotropic interactions have emerged as building blocks for designing materials with various nanotechnological applications. We used coarse-grained Langevin dynamics simulations to probe the morphologies of self-assembled structures formed by lobed particles decorated with functional groups. We tuned the interactions between the functional groups to investigate their effect on the porosity of self-assembled structures formed by lobed particles with different shapes (snowman, dumbbell, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, square planar, trigonal bipyramidal, and octahedral) at different temperatures. The dumbbell, trigonal planar, and square planar shaped particles, with planar geometries, form self-assembled structures including elongated chains, honeycomb sheets, and square sheets, respectively. The particles with non-planar geometries (tetrahedral, trigonal bipyramidal, and octahedral) self-assemble into random aggregate morphologies. The structures formed by trigonal bipyramidal and octahedral particles exhibit smaller and homogeneous pores compared to the structures formed by trigonal planar and square planar particles. The porosity in self-assembled structures is substantially enhanced by the functionalization of particles.

scholarly journals Nanomechanics of self-assembled DNA building blocks

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Penth ◽  
Kordula Schellnhuber ◽  
Roland Bennewitz ◽  
Johanna Blass
Keyword(s):  
Structural Dynamics ◽  
Force Spectroscopy ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Dna Origami ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
High Flexibility

Massive parallel force spectroscopy reveals a surprisingly high flexibility for DNA constructs used in DNA origami. The high flexibility is attributed to the structural dynamics of DNA self-assemblies.

scholarly journals Amyloid fibril-directed synthesis of silica core–shell nanofilaments, gels, and aerogels

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 4012-4017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiping Cao ◽  
Sreenath Bolisetty ◽  
Gianna Wolfisberg ◽  
Jozef Adamcik ◽  
Raffaele Mezzenga
Keyword(s):  
Amyloid Fibril ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Bending Rigidity ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Nonmonotonic Dependence ◽  
Silica Core

Amyloid fibrils have evolved from purely pathological materials implicated in neurodegenerative diseases to efficient templates for last-generation functional materials and nanotechnologies. Due to their high intrinsic stiffness and extreme aspect ratio, amyloid fibril hydrogels can serve as ideal building blocks for material design and synthesis. Yet, in these gels, stiffness is generally not paired by toughness, and their fragile nature hinders significantly their widespread application. Here we introduce an amyloid-assisted biosilicification process, which leads to the formation of silicified nanofibrils (fibril–silica core–shell nanofilaments) with stiffness up to and beyond ∼20 GPa, approaching the Young’s moduli of many metal alloys and inorganic materials. The silica shell endows the silicified fibrils with large bending rigidity, reflected in hydrogels with elasticity three orders of magnitude beyond conventional amyloid fibril hydrogels. A constitutive theoretical model is proposed that, despite its simplicity, quantitatively interprets the nonmonotonic dependence of the gel elasticity upon the filaments bundling promoted by shear stresses. The application of these hybrid silica–amyloid hydrogels is demonstrated on the fabrication of mechanically stable aerogels generated via sequential solvent exchange, supercriticalCO2removal, and calcination of the amyloid core, leading to aerogels of specific surface area as high as 993m2/g, among the highest values ever reported for aerogels. We finally show that the scope of amyloid hydrogels can be expanded considerably by generating double networks of amyloid and hydrophilic polymers, which combine excellent stiffness and toughness beyond those of each of the constitutive individual networks.

Theoretical and Experimental Study of Optical Response of Bimetallic Platinum and Gold Nanoparticles: Nanoalloys and Core/Shell Configurations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Rocha-Rocha ◽  
M. Cortez-Valadez ◽  
R. García-Llamas ◽  
G. Calderón-Ayala ◽  
P. G. Maní-González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Optical Response ◽  
Core Shell

Controlled release and corrosion protection by self-assembled colloidal particles electrodeposited onto magnesium alloys

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 1667-1676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiadi Sun ◽  
Ye Zhu ◽  
Long Meng ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Controlled Release ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Corrosion Protection ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Bioactive Agents

Self-assembled nanoparticles loaded with bioactive agents were electrodeposited to provide the magnesium alloy with controlled release and corrosion resistance properties.

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