Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41741651›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Pivoting colloidal assemblies exhibit mechanical metamaterial behaviour.

Julio Melio, Martin van Hecke, Silke E Henkes, Daniela J Kraft

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Life-like behavior emerging in active and flexible microstructures.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Julio MelioHuygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0859-8022
Martin van HeckeHuygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Silke E HenkesLorentz Institute, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6688-7367
Daniela J KraftHuygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. kraft@physics.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-2221-6473

Funding

European Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological machines use targeted deformations that can be actuated by Brownian fluctuations. However, although synthetic micromachines can similarly make use of targeted deformations, they are too stiff to be driven by thermal fluctuations and require strong forcing

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ColloidsDNAAnisotropyMechanical PhenomenaTemperatureColloidsDNA

Identifiers

PMID41741651

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