Self-assembly of smart mesoscopic objects

. Self-assembly due to capillary forces is a common method for generating 2D mesoscale structures made of identical particles floating at some liquid-air interface. We show herein how to create soft entities that deform or not the liquid interface as a function of the strength of some applied magnet...

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Published inThe European physical journal. E, Soft matter and biological physics Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 108 - 6
Main Authors Metzmacher, J., Poty, M., Lumay, G., Vandewalle, N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 12.12.2017
Springer Nature B.V
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Assembling
Biological and Medical Physics
Biophysics
Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
Complex Systems
Condensed matter physics
Deformation mechanisms
Floating structures
Nanotechnology
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Polymer Sciences
Regular Article
Self-assembly
Soft and Granular Matter
Surfaces and Interfaces
Thin Films
Soft Matter: Self-organisation and Supramolecular Assemblies
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Summary:. Self-assembly due to capillary forces is a common method for generating 2D mesoscale structures made of identical particles floating at some liquid-air interface. We show herein how to create soft entities that deform or not the liquid interface as a function of the strength of some applied magnetic field. These smart floating objects self-assemble or not depending on the application of an external field. Moreover, we show that the self-assembling process can be reversed opening ways to rearrange structures. Graphical abstract
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ISSN:1292-8941
1292-895X
DOI:10.1140/epje/i2017-11599-y