2024

82 Crystal Clear: enabling 3D real space analysis of ionic colloidal crystallization - S. Zang, A.W. Hauser, G.M. Hocky and S. Sacanna - (coming soon)

81 Light-triggered inflation of microdroplets - A.W. Hauser, Q. Zhou, P.M. Chaikin and S. Sacanna - Chemistry of Materials

80 Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes - M. Kamp, S. Sacanna and R.P.A. Dullens - (in press) Nature Reviews Chemistry

79 Networks of limited-valency patchy particles - P. J. M. Swinkels, R. Sinaasappel, Z. Gong, S. Sacanna, W. V. Meyer, F. Sciortino and P. Schall - PRL

2023

78 Microswimmers under the spotlight: interplay between agents with different levels of activity - C. Desgranges, M. Ferrari, P.M. Chaikin, S. Sacanna, M.E. Tuckerman and J. Delhommelle - Soft Matter

78 Caged Colloids - Z. Xu, T. Hueckel, W.T.M Irvine, and S. Sacanna - Chemistry of Materials (cover)

77 Visualizing defect dynamics by assembling colloidal graphene - P.J.M. Swinkels, Z. Gong, S. Sacanna, E. Noya, and P. Schall - Nature Communications

76 Phases of surface-confined trivalent particles - P.J.M. Swinkels, Z. Gong, S. Sacanna, E. Noya, and P. Schall - Soft Matter

2022

75 Irregular particle morphology and membrane rupture facilitate ion gradients in the lumen of phagosomes - M.V. Baranov, M. Ioannidis, S. Balahsioui, A. Boersma, de Boer R., M. Kumar, M. Niwa, T. Hirayama, Q. Zhou, T.M. Hopkins, P. Grijpstra, S. Thutupalli, S. Sacanna, van den Bogaart G. - Biophysical Reports

74 Extreme mechanics of colloidal polymers under compression: buckling, creep and break-up - S.G. Stuij, A. Biebricher, Z. Gong, S. Sacanna, E. Peterman, I. Heller, and P. Schall - Physical Review Materials

73 Assembling anisotropic colloids using curvature-mediated lipid sorting - M. Kumar, A. Singh, B. Del Secco, M.V. Baranov, G. van den Bogaart, S. Sacanna, and S. Thutupalli - Soft Matter

2021

72 Transmembrane transport in inorganic colloidal cell mimics - Z. Xu, T. Hueckel, W.T.M. Irvine and S. Sacanna -  Nature

71 Colloidal Metallurgy - T. Hueckel, and S. Sacanna -  Nature Chemistry

70 Total Synthesis of Colloidal Matter - T. Hueckel, G.M. Hocky, and S. Sacanna - Nature Reviews Materials

69 Patchy colloidal clusters with broken symmetry - Y-J Kim, J-H Kim, I-S Jo, D.J. Pine, S. Sacanna, and G-R Yi - JACS

68 Revealing Polymerization Kinetics with Colloidal Dipatch Particles - S. G. Stuij, J. Rouwhorst, H. Jonas, N. Ruffino, Z. Gong, S. Sacanna, P. G. Bolhuis, and P. Schall - Physical Review Letters

67 Revealing Viscoelastic Bending Relaxation Dynamics of Isolated Semi-Flexible Colloidal Polymers - S. Stuij, H. Jonas, Z. Gong, S. Sacanna, T. Kodger, P. Bolhuis, and P. Schall - Soft Matter

66 Revealing Pseudorotation and Ring-Opening Reactions in Colloidal Organic Molecules - P. J. M. Swinkels, S. G. Stuij, Z. Gong, H. Jonas, N. Ruffino, B. van der Linden, P. G. Bolhuis, S. Sacanna, S. Woutersen, and P. Schall - Nature Communications

65 Large-scale synthesis of colloidal bowl-shaped particles - K.V. Edmond, T.W.P. Jacobson, J-S. Oh, G-R. Yi, A.D. Hollingsworth, S. Sacanna and D.J. Pine - Soft Matter

64 Modulation of Immune Responses by Particle Size and Shape - M.V Baranov, M. Kumar, S. Sacanna, S. Thutupalli, G. Van Den Bogaart - Frontiers in Immunology

2020

63 Colloidal Diamond - M. He, J. Gales, E. Ducrot, Z. Gong, G-R Yi, S. Sacanna, and D.J. Pine - Nature

62 Ionic Solids from Common Colloids - T. Hueckel, G.M. Hocky, J. Palacci, and S. Sacanna - Nature

61 Selective colloidal bonds via polymer-mediated interactions - J. Opdama, R. Tuinier, T. Hueckel, T. Snoeren, and S. Sacanna - Soft Matter (cover)

60 Rapid Characterization of Neutral Polymer Brush with a Conventional Zetameter and a Variable Pinch of Salt - M. Youssef, A. Morin, A. Aubret, S. Sacanna and J. Palacci - Soft Matter

59 Reversible solid-state phase transitions in confined two-layer colloidal crystals. - Z. Jia, M. Youssef, A. Samper, S. Sacanna and S.S. Lee - Colloid Polym Sci 

58 Pickering Emulsions based on Wax and Halloysite Nanotubes: an Eco-Friendly Protocol for the Treatment of Archeological Woods. - L. Lisuzzo, T. Hueckel, G. Cavallaro, S. Sacanna and G. Lazzara - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

2019

57 Some Stirring Required - T. Hueckel and S. Sacanna - Nature Materials

56 The Odd Free Surface Flows of a Colloidal Chiral Fluid - V. Soni , S. Magkiriadou , S. Sacanna , D. Bartolo , M. Shelley and W.T.M. Irvine - Nature Physics (cover)

55 Colloidal Organosilica Spheres for Three-Dimensional Confocal Microscopy - Y. Liu, T. Yanagishima, A. Curran, K.V. Edmond, S. Sacanna, R.P.A. Dullens - Langmuir

54 Editorial Overview: Particle Systems Shape-Change and Response - S. Sacanna, P. Spicer and K. Velikov - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science.

2018

53 Targeted Assembly and Synchronization of Self-spinning Microgears  -  A. Aubret, M. Youssef, S. Sacanna and J. Palacci - Nature Physics

52 Monodisperse Magnetic Silica Hexapods  - J.-H. Kim, H.J. Hwang, J.S. Oh, S. Sacanna and G. Yi - JACS

51 Mix-and-Melt Colloidal Engineering - T. Hueckel and S. Sacanna - ACS Nano

50 Self-organization in Dipolar Cube Fluids Constrained by Competing Anisotropies - L. Rossi, J.G. Donaldson, J-M. Meijer, A.V. Petukhov, D. Kleckner, S.S. Kantorovich, W.T.M. Irvine, A.P. Philipse and S. Sacanna - .Soft Matter (cover)

49 Monitoring Molecular Transport Across Colloidal Membranes E. V. SillettaZ. XuM. YoussefS Sacanna, and A. Jerschow - J. Phys. Chem. B

2017

48 Patchy Particles Made by Colloidal Fusion  - Z. Gong, T. Hueckel, G. Yi and  S. Sacanna - Nature

47 Unstable Fronts and Motile Structures Formed by Microrollers - M. Driscoll, B. Delmotte, M. Youssef, S. Sacanna, A. Donev and P. Chaikin - Nature Physics

46 Dielectrophoretic Assembly of Dimpled Colloids Into Open Packing Structures - Z. Jia, S. Sacanna and S. S. Lee. - Soft Matter

45 Preparation of Colloidal Organosilica Spheres Through Spontaneous Emulsification - C. van der Wel, R. K. Bhan, R. W. Verweij, H. C. Frijters, Z. Gong, A. D. Hollingsworth, S. Sacanna and D. J. Kraft - Langmuir

44 Diffusivity Control of Magnetic Cube-Particle Chain by External Magnetic Field - S. Lee, S. Park, Y. Lee, G. Yi, S. Sacanna and D.-H. Kim - Appl. Phys. Lett.

43 Colloids Can ”see” the Light - T. Hueckel, and S. Sacanna - Chem

42 Editorial Overview. Patchy Colloidal Particles - A. Patti, S. Sacanna and K Velikov - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

2016

41 Shapeshifting Colloids via Stimulated Dewetting - M. Youssef, T. Hueckel, G. Yi, and S. Sacanna - Nature Communications

40 Core-shell particles for simultaneous three-dimensional imaging and optical tweezing in dense colloidal materials - Y. Liu, K.V. Edmond, A. Curran, C. Bryant, B. Peng, D.G.A.L. Aarts, S. Sacanna and R.P.A. Dullens - Advanced Materials

39 Trochoidal trajectories of self-propelled Janus particles in a diverging laser beam - H. Moyses, J. Palacci, S. Sacanna and D.G. Grier - Soft Matter (cover)

2015

38 Binding kinetics of lock and key colloids - L. Colon-Melendez, D. Beltran-Villegas, G. van Anders, J. Liu, M. Spellings, S. Sacanna, D.J. Pine, S.C. Glotzer, R.G. Larson, M.J. Solomon - The Journal of Chemical Physics

37 Artificial Rheotaxis - J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. Abramian, J. Barral, K. Hanson, A. Grosberg, D.J. Pine and P.M. Chaikin - Science Advance

36 Shape-sensitive crystallization in colloidal superball fluids - L. Rossi, V. Soni, D. J. Ashton, D.J. Pine, A.P. Philipse, P.M. Chaikin, Marjolein Dijkstra, S. Sacanna and W.T.M. Irvine - PNAS

2014

35 Re-entrant solidification in polymer-colloid mixtures as a consequence of competing entropic and enthalpic attractions.
L. Feng, B. Laderman, S. Sacanna, and P.M. Chaikin - Nature Materials

34 Light Activated Self-propelled Colloids - J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, S.-H. Kim, G.-R. Yi, D.J. Pine and P.M. Chaikin. - Philosophical Trans- actions A

33 Digital Colloids: Reconfigurable Clusters as High Information Density Elements - C. Phillips, E. Jankowski, B. Krishnatreya, K. Edmond, S. Sacanna, D. Grier, D.J. Pine and S. Glotzer - Soft Matter (featured on the cover)

32 Three-Dimensional Lock and Key Colloids - Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Zheng, G. Yi, S. Sacanna, D. Pine and M. Weck - JACS



September 2014: SacannaLab established

2013

31 Ultrasmooth, Highly Spherical Monocrystalline Gold Particles for Precision Plasmonics Y. Lee, N.B. Schade, L. Sun, J.A. Fan, D.R. Bae, M.M. Mariscal, G. Lee, F. Capasso, S. Sacanna, V.N. Manoharan, G. Yi. - ACS Nano

30 Photo activated colloidal dockers for cargo transportation - J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. Vatchinsky, P.M. Chaikin, and D.J. Pine. - JACS

29 Engineering shape: the novel geometries of colloidal self-assembly - S. Sacanna, D.J. Pine and G-R Yi - Soft Matter

28 Recent progress on patchy colloids and their self-assembly - G-R Yi, D.J. Pine and S. Sacanna - J. Phys. Condensed Matter

27 Self-assembly of spherical colloidal particles with off-centered magnetic dipoles - A. Abrikossov, S. Sacanna, A.P. Philipse, and P. Linse. - Soft Matter

26 Emerging structural disorder in a suspension of uniformly dimpled colloidal particles - S.J. Ivell, R.P.A. Dullens, S. Sacanna, and D.G.A.L. Aarts. - Soft Matter

25 Shaping colloids for self-assembly - S. Sacanna, M. Korpics, K. Rodriguez, L. Colon-Melendez, S-H. Kim, D.J. Pine and G-R. Yi. - Nature Communications

24 Living Crystals of Light Activated Colloidal Surfers - J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. P. Steinberg, D.J. Pine, P.M. Chaikin - Science

2012

23 Synthesis and assembly of colloidal particles with sticky dimples - S. Kim, A.D. Hollingsworth, S. Sacanna, D.J. Pine, and G. Yi - JACS

22 Magnetic click colloidal assembly - S. Sacanna, L. Rossi and D.J. Pine - JACS

2011

21 Cubic Crystals from Cubic Colloids - L. Rossi, S. Sacanna, W.T.M. Irvine, P.M. Chaikin, D.J. Pine and A.P. Philipse - Soft Matter (featured on the cover)

20 Shape-anisotropic colloids: Building blocks for complex assemblies - S. Sacanna and D.J. Pine - Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2011)

19 Lock and Key Colloids through Polymerization-Induced Buckling of Monodisperse Silicon Oil Droplets - S. Sacanna, W.T.M. Irvine, L. Rossi and D.J. Pine - Soft Matter (featured on the cover)

18 Cholesteric colloidal liquid crystals from phytosterol rod-like particles - L. Rossi, S. Sacanna, and K. Velikov - Soft Matter

2010

17 Conditions for Equilibrium Solid-Stabilized Emulsions - D.J. Kraft, J.W.J. de Folter, B. Luigjes, S.I.R. Castillo, S. Sacanna, A.P. Philipse, and W.K. Kegel - J. Phys. Chem.

16 Lock and Key Colloids - S. Sacanna, W.T.M. Irvine, P.M. Chaikin and D.J. Pine - Nature

2009

15 Direct Observation of Colloidal Aggregation by Critical Casimir Forces - D. Bonn, J. Otwinowski, S. Sacanna, H. Guo, G. Wegdam and P. Schall - Physical Review Letters

14 Characterization of anisotropic nano-particles by using depolarized dynamic light scattering in the near field - D. Brogioli, D. Salerno, V. Cassina, S. Sacanna, A. P. Philipse, F. Croccolo, and F. Mantegazza - Optics Express.



January 2008: Utrecht University - NYU transition

2007

13 Observation of a shape-dependent density maximum in random packings and glasses of colloidal silica ellipsoids - S. Sacanna, L. Rossi, A.Wouterse and A.P. Philipse - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

12 Oil-in-water emulsification induced by ellipsoidal hematite colloids: evidence for hydrolysis- mediated self-assembly - S. Sacanna, L. Rossi and A.P. Philipse - Langmuir

11 Spontaneous oil-in-water emulsification induced by charge-stabilized dispersions of var- ious inorganic colloids -S. Sacanna, W. K. Kegel and A.P. Philipse - Langmuir

10 A generic single-step synthesis of monodisperse core-shell colloids based on spontaneous Pickering emulsification -S. Sacanna and A.P. Philipse - Advanced Materials

9 Thermodynamically stable Pickering emulsions - S. Sacanna, W. K. Kegel and A.P. Philipse - Physical Review Letters

8 Preparation and Properties of Monodisperse latex spheres with controlled magnetic moment for field-induced colloidal crystallization and (dipolar) chain formation - S. Sacanna and A.P. Philipse - Langmuir

2006

7 Low-Frequency Complex Magnetic Susceptibility of Magnetic Composite Microspheres in Colloidal Dispersion - B. Erne, M. Claesson, S. Sacanna, M. Klokkenburg, E. Bakelaar, B. Kuipers - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

6 Many-body Hydrodynamic Interactions in Charge-stabilized Suspensions - A. J. Banchio, J. Gapinski, A. Patkowski, W. Haußler, A. Fluerasu, S. Sacanna, P. Holmqvist, G. Meier, M. P. Lettinga, and G. Nagele - Physical Review Letters

5 Fluorescent Monodisperse Silica Ellipsoids for Rotational Diffusion Studies - S. Sacanna, L. Rossi, B.W.M. Kuipers and A.P. Philipse - Langmuir

2005

4 Stability of mixtures of charged silica, silica-alumina, and magnetite colloids - J.L. Viota, M. Rasa, S. Sacanna and A.P. Philipse - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

2004

3 Microemulsion Synthesis of Fluorinated Latex Spheres S. Sacanna, G.H. Koenderink, and A.P. Philipse - Langmuir

2001

2 Rotational and translational diffusion of fluorocarbon tracer spheres in semidilute xanthan solutions - G.H. Koenderink, S. Sacanna, D.G.A.L. Aarts, and A.P. Philipse - Physical Review E: Statisti- cal, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

1 Preparation and Properties of Optically Transparent Aqueous Dispersions of Monodisperse Fluorinated Colloids - G.H. Koenderink, S. Sacanna, C. Pathmamanoharan, M. Rasa, and A.P. Philipse - Langmuir