Field-induced assembly of colloidal ellipsoids into well-defined microtubules.
Crassous, Jerome LU ; Mihut, Adriana LU ; Wernersson, Erik LU ; Pfleiderer, Patrick ; Vermant, Jan ; Linse, Per LU and Schurtenberger, Peter LU
(2014)
In Nature Communications
5.
- Abstract
- Current theoretical attempts to understand the reversible formation of stable microtubules and virus shells are generally based on shape-specific building blocks or monomers, where the local curvature of the resulting structure is explicitly built-in via the monomer geometry. Here we demonstrate that even simple ellipsoidal colloids can reversibly self-assemble into regular tubular structures when subjected to an alternating electric field. Supported by model calculations, we discuss the combined effects of anisotropic shape and field-induced dipolar interactions on the reversible formation of self-assembled structures. Our observations show that the formation of tubular structures through self-assembly requires much less geometrical and... (More)
- Current theoretical attempts to understand the reversible formation of stable microtubules and virus shells are generally based on shape-specific building blocks or monomers, where the local curvature of the resulting structure is explicitly built-in via the monomer geometry. Here we demonstrate that even simple ellipsoidal colloids can reversibly self-assemble into regular tubular structures when subjected to an alternating electric field. Supported by model calculations, we discuss the combined effects of anisotropic shape and field-induced dipolar interactions on the reversible formation of self-assembled structures. Our observations show that the formation of tubular structures through self-assembly requires much less geometrical and interaction specificity than previously thought, and advance our current understanding of the minimal requirements for self-assembly into regular virus-like structures. (Less)
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- Crassous, Jerome
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LU
; Pfleiderer, Patrick
; Vermant, Jan
; Linse, Per
LU
and Schurtenberger, Peter
LU
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- 2014
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- 5516
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- pmid:25409686
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- scopus:84923275148
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- 2041-1723
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- 10.1038/ncomms6516
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- English
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language = {{eng}},
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series = {{Nature Communications}},
title = {{Field-induced assembly of colloidal ellipsoids into well-defined microtubules.}},
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