CONSPECTUS:For the past decade,the field of colloidal science has expanded the collection of colloidal particles to include an entire library of subunits that can be isotropic or anisotropic in terms of structural mor...CONSPECTUS:For the past decade,the field of colloidal science has expanded the collection of colloidal particles to include an entire library of subunits that can be isotropic or anisotropic in terms of structural morphology or chemical composition.Using anisotropic subunits,the field has assembled a variety of static and dynamic structures.For this Account,we use the umbrella term“dynamic colloids”to describe subunits capable of movement,shape-shifting,or any other type of action in response to a stimulus and“static colloids”to describe those that are unresponsive to such stimuli.We view dynamic colloids as an access point to colloidal machines,a unique and emerging subfield of machines,and colloidal science.The assembly of dynamic subunits into colloidal machines differs from traditional self-assembly only in the final structures assembled,not the methods used.Dynamic assemblies have the capacity to interact with their environment in ways that traditional anisotropic self-assemblies do not.Here,we present the current state of the field of colloidal science toward the introduction of the next wave of colloidal machines.展开更多
基金supported by the Department of Energy under Grant Award No.DE-SC0007991.
文摘CONSPECTUS:For the past decade,the field of colloidal science has expanded the collection of colloidal particles to include an entire library of subunits that can be isotropic or anisotropic in terms of structural morphology or chemical composition.Using anisotropic subunits,the field has assembled a variety of static and dynamic structures.For this Account,we use the umbrella term“dynamic colloids”to describe subunits capable of movement,shape-shifting,or any other type of action in response to a stimulus and“static colloids”to describe those that are unresponsive to such stimuli.We view dynamic colloids as an access point to colloidal machines,a unique and emerging subfield of machines,and colloidal science.The assembly of dynamic subunits into colloidal machines differs from traditional self-assembly only in the final structures assembled,not the methods used.Dynamic assemblies have the capacity to interact with their environment in ways that traditional anisotropic self-assemblies do not.Here,we present the current state of the field of colloidal science toward the introduction of the next wave of colloidal machines.
