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Experimental Study of Self-Assembling Systems Characterized by Directional Interactions

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Self-assembly in colloidal model systems is no different than self-assembly in atomic or molecular systems, other than that model systems are designed for the easy inspection of their dynamics and resulting structures. In this chapter we will give a concise overview of what properties an experimental self-assembling system should ideally have for convenient characterization and how this has been realized so far, with special emphasis on the real-space and real-time microscopic characterization of the behaviour on non-isotropically interacting colloids, usually referred to as patchy particles. We will also discuss what properties can be used to steer the self-assembly of such units towards target structures.

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Oostrum, P.v. (2017). Experimental Study of Self-Assembling Systems Characterized by Directional Interactions. In: Coluzza, I. (eds) Design of Self-Assembling Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71578-0_4

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