Scheme summarizing the self-assembly behavior of superparamagentic colloids under an external magnetic field according to the value of the aggregation parameter N*. Based on the following article: Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 3837–3858.
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Results (?)a) No self-assembly. Entropy wins. b) Equilibrium state consisting of chains of different sizes. c) Equilibrium state consisting of long chains and bundles of laterally aggregated chains in zipped, out-of registry, configuration. d) Equilibrium state consisting of bundles of laterally aggregated chains.
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July, 20th of 2016.
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