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SUBMITTER: Luo B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472373 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Luo Binbin B Kim Ahyoung A Smith John W JW Ou Zihao Z Wu Zixuan Z Kim Juyeong J Chen Qian Q
Nature communications 20190418 1
Colloids are mainly divided into two types defined by size. Micron-scale colloids are widely used as model systems to study phase transitions, while nanoparticles have physicochemical properties unique to their size. Here we study a promising yet underexplored third type: anisometric colloids, which integrate micrometer and nanometer dimensions into the same particle. We show that our prototypical system of anisometric silver plates with a high polydispersity assemble, unexpectedly, into an orde ...[more]