Nature Materials, volume 19, issue 12, pages 1354-1361

Tunable assembly of hybrid colloids induced by regioselective depletion

Mingzhu Liu ¹

Xiaolong Zheng ¹

Veronica Grebe ¹

D. J. Pine ^{2, 3}

Marcus Weck ¹

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Department of Chemistry, Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York, USA |

Department of Physics, Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, USA |

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-07-27

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DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0744-2

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Abstract

Assembling colloidal particles using site-selective directional interactions into predetermined colloidal superlattices with desired properties is broadly sought after, but challenging to achieve. Herein, we exploit regioselective depletion interactions to engineer the directional bonding and assembly of non-spherical colloidal hybrid microparticles. We report that the crystallization of a binary colloidal mixture can be regulated by tuning the depletion conditions. Subsequently, we fabricate triblock biphasic colloids with controlled aspect ratios to achieve regioselective bonding. Without any surface treatment, these biphasic colloids assemble into various colloidal superstructures and superlattices featuring optimized pole-to-pole or centre-to-centre interactions. Additionally, we observe polymorphic crystallization, quantify the abundancy of each form using algorithms we developed and investigate the crystallization process in real time. We demonstrate selective control of attractive interactions between specific regions on an anisotropic colloid with no need of site-specific surface functionalization, leading to a general method for achieving colloidal structures with yet unforeseen arrangements and properties. Hybrid colloidal suprastructures and superlattices are assembled by exploring depletion forces to selectively control the interactions between colloidal particles.

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DO - 10.1038/s41563-020-0744-2

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@article{2020_Liu,

author = {Mingzhu Liu and Xiaolong Zheng and Veronica Grebe and D. J. Pine and Marcus Weck},

title = {Tunable assembly of hybrid colloids induced by regioselective depletion},

journal = {Nature Materials},

year = {2020},

volume = {19},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {jul},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0744-2},

number = {12},

pages = {1354--1361},

doi = {10.1038/s41563-020-0744-2}

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