Self-assembly of soft hybrid materials directed by light and a magnetic field.

Schenkel, Jan Hendrik; Samanta, Avik; Ravoo, Bart Jan · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Dual-responsive soft matter: A soft hybrid material composed of superparamagnetic nanoparticles and cyclodextrin vesicles self-assembles in microscale linear aggregates in water in response to magnetic field as well as light.