Linking synchronization to self-assembly using magnetic Janus colloids

Jing Yan, Moses Bloom, Sung Chul Bae, Erik Luijten () and Steve Granick ()
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Jing Yan: University of Illinois
Moses Bloom: Northwestern University
Sung Chul Bae: University of Illinois
Erik Luijten: Northwestern University
Steve Granick: University of Illinois

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7425, 578-581

Abstract: Colloidal Janus spheres in a precessing magnetic field are shown to self-assemble into in-motion microtubes dynamically selected on the basis of synchronization rather than static energy minimization.

Date: 2012
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