PMID- 30920512
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231005
IS  - 2310-2861 (Electronic)
IS  - 2310-2861 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 May 4
TI  - Droplets, Evaporation and a Superhydrophobic Surface: Simple Tools for Guiding 
      Colloidal Particles into Complex Materials.
LID - 10.3390/gels3020015 [doi]
LID - 15
AB  - The formation of complexly structured and shaped supraparticles can be achieved 
      by evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) starting from colloidal dispersions 
      deposited on a solid surface; often a superhydrophobic one. This versatile and 
      interesting approach allows for generating rather complex particles with 
      corresponding functionality in a simple and scalable fashion. The versatility is 
      based on the aspect that basically one can employ an endless number of 
      combinations of components in the colloidal starting solution. In addition, the 
      structure and properties of the prepared supraparticles may be modified by 
      appropriately controlling the evaporation process, e.g., by external parameters. 
      In this review, we focus on controlling the shape and internal structure of such 
      supraparticles, as well as imparted functionalities, which for instance could be 
      catalytic, optical or electronic properties. The catalytic properties can also 
      result in self-propelling (supra-)particles. Quite a number of experimental 
      investigations have been performed in this field, which are compared in this 
      review and systematically explained.
FAU - Sperling, Marcel
AU  - Sperling M
AD  - Stranski Laboratorium fur Physikalische & Theoretische Chemie, Institut fur 
      Chemie, Technische Universitat Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, Sekr. TC7, 
      D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
FAU - Gradzielski, Michael
AU  - Gradzielski M
AD  - Stranski Laboratorium fur Physikalische & Theoretische Chemie, Institut fur 
      Chemie, Technische Universitat Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, Sekr. TC7, 
      D-10623 Berlin, Germany. michael.gradzielski@tu-berlin.de.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20170504
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Gels
JT  - Gels (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101696925
PMC - PMC6318646
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - anisometric
OT  - catalysis
OT  - colloids
OT  - droplets
OT  - evaporation
OT  - functional materials
OT  - nanoparticles
OT  - self-assembly
OT  - self-propelling
OT  - superhydrophobic surfaces
OT  - supraparticles
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2017/05/04 00:00
MHDA- 2017/05/04 00:01
PMCR- 2017/05/04
CRDT- 2019/03/29 06:00
PHST- 2016/12/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/04/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/04/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/03/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/05/04 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/05/04 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/05/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - gels3020015 [pii]
AID - gels-03-00015 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/gels3020015 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Gels. 2017 May 4;3(2):15. doi: 10.3390/gels3020015.