Field-induced assembly of colloidal ellipsoids into well-defined microtubules

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Crassous, Jérôme J ^a   Mihut, Adriana M ^a   Wernersson, Erik ^a   Pfleiderer, Patrick ^b,c   Vermant, Jan ^b,d   Linse, Per ^a   Schurtenberger, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; PHOSMET; CAPSID PROTEIN; COLLOID; NANOMATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELLIPSE; GEOMETRY; POLYMER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ELLIPSOIDAL COLLOID; ENERGY COST; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICITY; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANISOTROPY; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; COLLOIDS; ELECTRICITY; MICROTUBULES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84923275148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6516     Document Type: Article

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