Dual nature of magnetic nanoparticle dispersions enables control over short-range attraction and long-range repulsion interactions

Competition between attractive and repulsive interactions between colloidal particles drives the formation of complex assemblies. Here, the authors exploit the dual functionality of magnetic nanoparticle dispersions to simultaneously drive attraction and repulsion between suspended non-magnetic micr...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Al Harraq, Aubry A. Hymel, Emily Lin, Thomas M. Truskett, Bhuvnesh Bharti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Communications Chemistry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00687-3