Wouldn't it be great if there were a way of chasing down waterborne microplastic particles and catching them for removal, as ...

COLLOIDS comprise all matter that is made up of particles smaller than a wave-length of light, but larger than a single molecule of an ordinary crystalloidal substance such as sugar, salt ...

Optical tweezers, which earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, are a powerful tool used to manipulate microscopic ...

The objective of this project is to design and fabricate a novel kind of nanocomposite materials, nanowire-colloidal composite particles, using self-assembly and emulsion polymerization. The ...

Previous research in this field had used larger colloid particles – but by scaling the colloids to a third of their size the University of Bristol researchers were able to experiment in three ...

Active colloids—colloidal particles that convert external energy into autonomous motion—are a typical assembled unit for active colloidal assemblies. Although these active particles can ...

In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University show proof of concept for a system that—in a single ...

Proof-of-concept work uses unique, safe particles to remove microplastics in a single cycle. In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University show proof of concept for a system that, in ...

Because of the intrinsically small size of particles found in colloids, it is difficult to determine the molecular organisation within them. This is an important aspect when studying relationships ...