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NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLY

Colloidal metallurgy

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Colloidal self-assembly requires carefully balanced particle interactions that are often incompatible with the mechanical disturbances associated with macroscopic-scale manufacturing. Now, a practical bottom-up route has enabled the production of bulk solid materials with nanoscale components.

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Fig. 1: Bottom-up fabrication of macroscopic solids with predetermined nanoscale ordering and microstructure.

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Hueckel, T., Sacanna, S. Colloidal metallurgy. Nat. Chem. 13, 514–515 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00723-0

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