We combine topology and active matter paradigms in an effort to achieve topology-dictated nonequilibrium self-assembly of topologically distinct active particles. Active colloids are a distinct ...

Physicists in the Netherlands have created artificial crystals made of colloidal particles that could be used to explore the behaviour of ordinary ionic crystals. The team discovered a number of new ...

Being abundant in nature, colloids find increasingly important applications in science and technology, ranging from direct probing of kinetics in crystals and glasses to fabrication of ...

Dispersing colloid particles in liquid crystals can disrupt the well-ordered arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules. This can lead to the formation of complex defect structures, which introduce ...

The soft, solid-like properties of colloidal gels are essential in fields such as food and medical applications, but how these properties manifest themselves is a long-standing mystery. Until now, it ...

Colloids are particles that have a diameter of between approximately 1 and 1,000 nanometres and that are evenly dispersed in fluids. Colloids are also known as colloidal dispersions because the ...

Experiments explain why solidifying colloids sometimes form zigzagging stripes as they dry. Many paints, inks, and coatings are made from particles suspended in a liquid—so-called colloidal ...

THE Faraday and Physical Societies held a joint discussion on “The Physics and Chemistry of Colloids and their Bearing on Industrial Questions” on October 25 in the spacious lecture theatre of the ...

A homogenous mixture of two self-propelling species first forms a polar vortex and then spontaneously demixes, thanks to a difference in speeds and other competing effects. In nature, different animal ...

Experiments explain why solidifying colloids sometimes form zigzagging stripes as they dry. Many paints, inks, and coatings are made from particles suspended in a liquid—so-called colloidal ...