Controlling the Organization of Colloidal Sphero-Cylinders Using Confinement in a Minority Phase

We demonstrate experimentally that a phase-separating host solvent can be used to organize colloidal rods into different cluster and network states. The rods are silica sphero-cylinders which are preferentially wet by the water-rich phase of an oil–water binary liquid system. By beginning with the r...

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Main Authors: Niek Hijnen, Paul S. Clegg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Gels
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/4/1/15