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abstract:
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  text: We disclose a method for the synthesis of chiral colloids from spontaneously
    formed hollow sugar-surfactant microtubes with internally confined mobile colloidal
    spheres. Key feature of our approach is the grafting of colloid surfaces with
    photoresponsive coumarin moieties, which allow for UV-induced, covalent clicking
    of colloids into permanent chains, with morphologies set by the colloid-to-tube
    diameter ratio. Subsequent dissolution of tube confinement yields aqueous suspensions
    that comprise bulk quantities of a variety of linear chains, including single
    helical chains of polystyrene colloids. These colloidal equivalents of chiral
    (DNA) molecules are intended for microscopic study of chiral dynamics on a single-particle
    level.
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author:
- first_name: Samia
  full_name: Ouhajji, Samia
  last_name: Ouhajji
- first_name: Bas G. P.
  full_name: van Ravensteijn, Bas G. P.
  last_name: van Ravensteijn
- first_name: Carla
  full_name: Fernández-Rico, Carla
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  last_name: Fernández-Rico
- first_name: Kanvaly S.
  full_name: Lacina, Kanvaly S.
  last_name: Lacina
- first_name: Albert P.
  full_name: Philipse, Albert P.
  last_name: Philipse
- first_name: Andrei V.
  full_name: Petukhov, Andrei V.
  last_name: Petukhov
citation:
  ama: Ouhajji S, van Ravensteijn BGP, Fernández-Rico C, Lacina KS, Philipse AP, Petukhov
    AV. Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids. <i>ACS Nano</i>. 2018;12(12):12089-12095.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065">10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>
  apa: Ouhajji, S., van Ravensteijn, B. G. P., Fernández-Rico, C., Lacina, K. S.,
    Philipse, A. P., &#38; Petukhov, A. V. (2018). Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral
    colloids. <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>
  chicago: Ouhajji, Samia, Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn, Carla Fernández-Rico, Kanvaly
    S. Lacina, Albert P. Philipse, and Andrei V. Petukhov. “Wet-Chemical Synthesis
    of Chiral Colloids.” <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society, 2018. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>.
  ieee: S. Ouhajji, B. G. P. van Ravensteijn, C. Fernández-Rico, K. S. Lacina, A.
    P. Philipse, and A. V. Petukhov, “Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids,”
    <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 12, no. 12. American Chemical Society, pp. 12089–12095,
    2018.
  ista: Ouhajji S, van Ravensteijn BGP, Fernández-Rico C, Lacina KS, Philipse AP,
    Petukhov AV. 2018. Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids. ACS Nano. 12(12),
    12089–12095.
  mla: Ouhajji, Samia, et al. “Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Chiral Colloids.” <i>ACS
    Nano</i>, vol. 12, no. 12, American Chemical Society, 2018, pp. 12089–95, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065">10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>.
  short: S. Ouhajji, B.G.P. van Ravensteijn, C. Fernández-Rico, K.S. Lacina, A.P.
    Philipse, A.V. Petukhov, ACS Nano 12 (2018) 12089–12095.
date_created: 2026-06-30T06:31:31Z
date_published: 2018-11-14T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-07-15T06:58:05Z
day: '14'
ddc:
- '540'
doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b05065
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  url: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065
month: '11'
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oa_version: Published Version
page: 12089-12095
pmid: 1
publication: ACS Nano
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1936-086X
  issn:
  - 1936-0851
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publisher: American Chemical Society
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status: public
title: Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids
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