| Literature DB >> 19455527 |
Ashlee St John Iyer1, L Andrew Lyon.
Abstract
Healing hands: A complex interplay between colloidal and polymeric energetics in microgel self-assembly behavior results in soft colloidal assemblies with self-healing properties. Repulsive soft spheres can adopt highly compressed conformations in colloidal crystalline lattices without directly contacting the nearest neighbors (see picture). This distant action is directly responsible for the self-healing of the assemblies.Mesh:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19455527 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901670
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336