The self-assembly of colloids is an alternative to top-down processing that enables the
fabrication of nanostructures. We show that self-assembled clusters of metal-dielectric spheres …

The ability to design and assemble three-dimensional structures from colloidal particles is
limited by the absence of specific directional bonds. As a result, complex or low-coordination …

Young’s law 1 predicts that a colloidal sphere in equilibrium with a liquid interface will straddle
the two fluids, its height above the interface defined by an equilibrium contact angle 2 . …

Mix a drop of water into a vial of oil. With some surfactant and a vigorous shake, that one
droplet has become thousands, and the total interfacial area has increased by an order of …

When small numbers of colloidal microspheres are attached to the surfaces of liquid emulsion
droplets, removing fluid from the droplets leads to packings of spheres that minimize the …

Disordered nanostructures with correlations on the scale of visible wavelengths can show
angle-independent structural colors. These materials could replace dyes in some applications …

DNA is not just the stuff of our genetic code; it is also a means to design self-assembling
materials. Grafting DNA onto nano-and microparticles can, in principle,‘program’them with …

Low shrinkage, no high‐temperature treatment, and greater versatilityare some of the
advantages of the method for fabricating ordered macroporous materials presented here—…

Most of the colloidal clusters have been produced from oil-in-water emulsions with identical
microspheres dispersed in oil droplets. Here, we present new types of binary colloidal …

BACKGROUND Colloids consist of solid or liquid particles, each about a few hundred
nanometers in size, dispersed in a fluid and kept suspended by thermal fluctuations. Whereas …