Self-assembly of microcapsules via colloidal bond hybridization and anisotropy

Chris H. J. Evers (), Jurriaan A. Luiken, Peter G. Bolhuis and Willem K. Kegel ()
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Chris H. J. Evers: Van ’t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University
Jurriaan A. Luiken: Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Peter G. Bolhuis: Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Willem K. Kegel: Van ’t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University

Nature, 2016, vol. 534, issue 7607, 364-368

Abstract: The self-assembly of colloidal particles into hollow micrometre-scale capsules is achieved through the combination of anisotropic particle morphology, deformable surface ligands that re-distribute on binding and the mutual attraction between particles, suggesting a design strategy for colloidal self-assembly

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature17956

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