Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Shape-shifting colloids via stimulated dewetting

  • Mena Youssef,
  • Theodore Hueckel,
  • Gi-Ra Yi,
  • Stefano Sacanna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12216
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Mimicking the intrinsic adaptability of biological systems in synthetic materials has been a challenge. Here, Sacanna and co-workers have used dewetting forces between an oil phase and solid colloidal substrate to facilitate shape shifting particles that can change geometry by chemical and optical signals.