Nature Communications, 2019, vol 10, 1, pp. 1815
DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-09787-6
Abstract
Anisometric colloids—which have both nanometer and micrometer dimensions—combine features of their two constituent length scales. Here, using optical microscopy and modeling, the authors find that highly polydisperse anisometric colloids self-assemble into 3D, periodic lattices in a manner hardly inaccessible to nano- or micron-scale colloids.
