Research
Emergent mesoscale nanoparticle patterns from a non-equilibrium liquid lens
Nature · By Jonathan Palumbo ·
The Brief
- Paper published online in Nature Communications on 14 November 2026 (doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79569-4).
- Nanoparticle assembly at fluid interfaces is often viewed as unpredictable and dominated by uncontrolled non-equilibrium effects.
- The authors report that evaporation-driven nanoparticle assembly in a liquid lens can produce mesoscale patterns; the source abstract is truncated, so further details are unavailable.
Why it matters
It suggests that nanoparticle patterning at fluid interfaces may be more controllable than commonly assumed, which is relevant to work on self-assembly and materials fabrication.
Who’s affected
- materials scientists and colloid researchers
- researchers in non-equilibrium physics and fluid interfaces
- #nanoparticles
- #self-assembly
- #non-equilibrium
- #evaporation
- #fluid interfaces
- #materials science
Nature Communications, Published online: 14 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79569-4 Nanoparticle assembly at fluid interfaces is often viewed as unpredictable and dominated by uncontrolled non-equilibrium effects. Here, the authors show that evaporation-driven nanoparticle…
Timeline
Paper published online in Nature Communications
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Emergent mesoscale nanoparticle patterns from a non-equilibrium liquid lens