ArticleNature communications2017
Rich complex behaviour of self-assembled nanoparticles far from equilibrium.
Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Light, Matter, Action: Shining Light on Active Matter.ACS photonics · 2023Review
- Gaining Structural Control by Modification of Polymerization Rate in Ring-Opening Polymerization-Induced Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly.ACS polymers Au · 2022Article
- Computational Power of Asynchronously Tuned Automata Enhancing the Unfolded Edge of Chaos.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effect of structure: A new insight into nanoparticle assemblies from inanimate to animate.Science advances · 2020Review
- Adaptive Polymeric Assemblies for Applications in Biomimicry and Nanomedicine.Biomacromolecules · 2019Article
- Intracavity optical trapping of microscopic particles in a ring-cavity fiber laser.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Electroactive Amphiphiles for Addressable Supramolecular Nanostructures.ChemNanoMat : chemistry of nanomaterials for energy, biology and more · 2018Review
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Abstract
A profoundly fundamental question at the interface between physics and biology remains open: what are the minimum requirements for emergence of complex behaviour from nonliving systems? Here, we address this question and report complex behaviour of tens to thousands of colloidal nanoparticles in a system designed to be as plain as possible: the system is driven far from equilibrium by ultrafast laser pulses that create spatiotemporal temperature gradients, inducing Marangoni flow that drags particles towards aggregation; strong Brownian motion, used as source of fluctuations, opposes aggregation. Nonlinear feedback mechanisms naturally arise between flow, aggregate and Brownian motion, allowing fast external control with minimal intervention. Consequently, complex behaviour, analogous to those seen in living organisms, emerges, whereby aggregates can self-sustain, self-regulate, self-replicate, self-heal and can be transferred from one location to another, all within seconds. Aggregates can comprise only one pattern or bifurcated patterns can coexist, compete, endure or perish.
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