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ArticleSmall methods2025

Elasticity Mapping of Colloidal Glasses Reveals the Interplay between Mesoscopic Order and Granular Mechanics.

Thomas Vasileiadis, Marius Schöttle, Maximilian Theis, Markus Retsch, George Fytas, Bartlomiej Graczykowski

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Article in Small methods, 2025. 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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6 authors.

Thomas VasileiadisFaculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 2, Poznan, 61-614, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7720-8801
Marius SchöttleDepartment of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-6376
Maximilian TheisDepartment of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0934-9571
Markus RetschDepartment of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2629-8450
George FytasMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Bartlomiej GraczykowskiFaculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 2, Poznan, 61-614, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-8622

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft IRTG Optexc GRK 2818/1IRTG Optexc GRK 2818/1Narodowym Centrum Nauki UMO-2021/43/D/ST3/02526National Science Center of Poland (NCN) by OPUS UMO-2021/41/B/ST5/03038National Science Centre Poland UMO-2021/43/D/ST3/02526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colloidal glasses (CGs) made of polymer (polymethylmethacrylate) nanoparticles are promising metamaterials for light and sound manipulation, but fabrication imperfections and fragility can limit their functionality and applications. Here, the vibrational mechanical modes of nanoparticles are probed to evaluate the nanomechanical and morphological properties of various CGs architectures. Utilizing the scanning micro-Brillouin light scattering (µ-BLS), the effective elastic constants and nanoparticles' sizes is determined as a function of position in a remote and non-destructive manner. This method is applied to CG mesostructures with different spatial distributions of their particle size and degree of order. These include CGs with single-sized systems, binary mixtures, bilayer structures, continuous gradient structures, and gradient mixtures. The microenvironments govern the local mechanical properties and highlight how the granular mesostructure can be used to develop durable functional polymer colloids. A size effect is revealed on the effective elastic constant, with the smallest particles and ordered assemblies forming robust structures, and classify the various types of mesoscale order in terms of their mechanical stiffness. The work establishes scanning µ-BLS as a tool for mapping elasticity, particle size, and local structure in complex nanostructures.

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Brillouin light scatteringelasticity mappingGradient colloidal glassesgranular mechanicsself‐assembled polymer nanoparticles

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PMID39139008
PMCPMC11926515

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