Controlled transitions between metastable states of 2D magnetocapillary crystals

Abstract Magnetocapillary interactions between particles allow to self-assemble floating crystals along liquid interfaces. For a fixed number of particles, different states possessing different symmetrical features, known as metastable states, coexist. In this paper, we demonstrate how to trigger th...

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Main Authors: Ylona Collard, Franco N. Piñan Basualdo, Aude Bolopion, Michaël Gauthier, Pierre Lambert, Nicolas Vandewalle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20035-8