Charged nanoparticles can behave as large ions or as small colloids. Their interaction with multivalent ions has now been shown to reflect this dichotomy, providing new paths to large, self-assembled nanoparticle superstructures.
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Kraus, T. Ionic glue. Nat. Chem. 13, 925–926 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00782-3
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