Researchers investigate the thermodynamics and percolation regimes of model binary mixtures of patchy colloidal particles in this Hot Paer. Up to four percolated strucuters at low temperature were found. Modelling such as this is of interest for tailoring the self-assembly of colloids into functional structures.
Bicontinuous and mixed gels in binary mixtures of patchy colloidal particles
Daniel de las Heras, José Maria Tavares and Margarida M. Telo da Gama
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1785-1794
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06948A