Synthesis and assembly of patchy particles: Recent progress and future prospects

Serge Ravaine (1) , Etienne Duguet (2)

1 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal
2 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux

The burgeoning need to fabricate new functional materials through the assembly of colloidal building blocks has motivated an intensive research focused on patchy particles. A large variety of efficient strategies to synthesize and assemble such colloids have been investigated in the last few years. Here we attempt to give an overview of these latest developments. The major limitations of current methods as well as unresolved challenges are also discussed.

Mots clés: Patchy particles; Synthesis; Assembly

Domaines: Matériaux

Serge Ravaine, Etienne Duguet. Synthesis and assembly of patchy particles: Recent progress and future prospects. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2017, 30, pp. 45-53. ⟨10.1016/j.cocis.2017.05.002⟩. ⟨hal-01529962⟩