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Curvature-driven capillary migration and assembly of rod-like particles.

This combined simulation and experimental study demonstrates for the first time that fluid interfaces with complex morphology can be used to direct the assembly of anisotropic colloidal particles. This breakthrough has application to template assisted assembly of functional materials, including advanced coatings and new generation composites. The major potential impact of the technique has been highlighted in a PNAS commentary (PNAS, 108, 52, 20853–20854,2011) , in the media (http://phys.org/news/2011-12-guest-authors-pnas-commentary-colloidal.html), and has led to a EU Career Integration Grant (€100,000), awarded to support the activities of the researcher in computational materials science.