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ArticleScience advances2021

Spatially uniform dynamics in equilibrium colloidal gels.

Enrico Lattuada, Debora Caprara, Roberto Piazza, Francesco Sciortino

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Internal Phase Separation in Synthetic DNA Condensates.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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Enrico LattuadaDepartment of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8537-0988
Debora CapraraDepartment of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4425-7791
Roberto PiazzaDepartment of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Chemical Engineering (CMIC), Politecnico di Milano, Edificio 6, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7398-0335
Francesco SciortinoDepartment of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2418-2713

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gels of DNA nanostars, besides providing a compatible scaffold for biomedical applications, are ideal model systems for testing the physics of equilibrium colloidal gels. Here, using dynamic light scattering and photon correlation imaging (a recent technique that, by blending light scattering and imaging, provides space-resolved quantification of the dynamics), we follow the process of gel formation over 10 orders of magnitude in time in a model system of tetravalent DNA nanostars in solution, a realization of limited-valence colloids. Such a system, depending on the nanostar concentration, can form either equilibrium or phase separation gels. In stark contrast to the heterogeneity of concentration and dynamics displayed by the phase separation gel, the equilibrium gel shows absence of aging and a remarkable spatially uniform dynamics.

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PMCPMC8641940

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