From cells that migrate to tissues that heal, nature abounds with systems capable of sensing and adapting to their ...
Prof. PENG Chenhui's team from the School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), realized the collective transfer and reconfigurable self-assembly of colloidal particles by ...
A recent article in Small describes a modular platform for assembling protein-DNA composites using covalent, site-specific conjugation. This method enables the formation of stable structures with ...
Researchers unveil molecular strategies that enable materials to move, transform, and self-assemble—bridging chemistry and ...
A team of physicists has created a new way to self-assemble particles -- an advance that offers new promise for building complex and innovative materials at the microscopic level. A team of physicists ...
An interference pattern showing the instantaneous deformation of the air-water interface by four micro-rafts spinning at 2,500 rounds per minute. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the ...
A programmable metamaterial finger can lock into four positions without electronics. A simpler, more functional future for ...
Plastic deformation of crystalline materials with isotropic particle attractions proceeds by the creation and migration of dislocations under the influence of external forces. If dislocations are ...
Areas of Expertise: Complex fluids; interparticle interactions and phase transitions in colloidal suspensions; entropy driven disorder-to-order transitions; physics of protein crystallization and the ...