soft matter – TechConnect Briefs

Thermo-plasmonics in self-organized materials

De Sio L., Placido T., Comparelli R., Curri L., Tabiryan N., Bunning T., Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Company, US

Conversion of near infrared radiation into heat, controlled at the nanoscale, is achieved and detected by exploiting the localized plasmonic resonance (LPR) of gold nanorods (GNRs) trapped in thermosensitive self-organized materials such as Liquid Crystals [...]

Characterisation of Native-State Soft Matter using ‘Multi-Mode’ Electron Microscopy

Stokes D.J., Baken E., Lich B.H., Hubert D.H.W., FEI Company, NL

Soft condensed matter and complex fluids are of increasing technological significance. It is therefore crucial that we extend the capabilities of conventional solid state imaging and analytical techniques to include the observation of materials such [...]

Advanced CryoTEM and Tomography for Two- and Three-Dimensional Nano-Characterisation of Soft Matter

Sourty E., de Haas F., Frederik P.M., Frederik P.M., Loos J., Stokes D.J., Hubert D.H.W., FEI Company, NL

Recent advances in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) mean that we are able to achieve unprecedented resolution at the atomic level. Furthermore, improved methods for obtaining and reconstructing tilt series projections allow us to create high [...]

A Space-time Coarse-grained Model for Particle Simulations of Soft Matter

Liew C.C., Mikami M., Research Institute for Computational Sciences (RICS), AIST, JP

We have developed a series of particle models that are consistent in phase behavior at various space-time coarse-grained levels based on three coarse-graining procedures: Grouping (Gp) for monomer or segment of molecules, Packing (Pk) for [...]