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Equation of State of Colloidal Membranes
Andrew J. Balchunas, Rafael A. Cabanas, Mark J. Zakhary +5
In the presence of a non-adsorbing polymer, monodisperse rod-like colloids assemble into one-rod-length thick liquid-like monolayers, called colloidal membranes. The density of the…
Force induced formation of twisted chiral ribbons
Andrew Balchunas, Leroy L. Jia, Mark Zakhary +3
We study the emergence of helical structures subjected to a stretching force, demonstrating that the force transforms disk-shaped colloidal membranes into twisted chiral ribbons of…
Molecular engineering of chiral colloidal liquid crystals using DNA origami
Mahsa Siavashpouri, Christian H. Wachauf, Mark J. Zakhary +3
Establishing precise control over the shape and the interactions of the microscopic building blocks is essential for design of macroscopic soft materials with novel structural, opt…
Chiral edge fluctuations of colloidal membranes
Leroy L. Jia, Mark J. Zakhary, Zvonimir Dogic +2
We study edge fluctuations of a flat colloidal membrane comprised of a monolayer of aligned filamentous viruses. Experiments reveal that a peak in the spectrum of the in-plane edge…
Achiral symmetry breaking and positive Gaussian modulus lead to scalloped colloidal membranes
Thomas Gibaud, C. Nadir Kaplan, Prerna Sharma +7
In the presence of a non-adsorbing polymer, monodisperse rod-like particles assemble into colloidal membranes, which are one rod-length thick liquid-like monolayers of aligned rods…