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Designing protocols to dynamically direct the self-assembly of colloidal particles has become an important direction in soft matter physics because of the promising applications in fabrication of dynamic responsive functional materials.…
Using optical dipole forces we have realized controlled transport of a single or any desired small number of neutral atoms over a distance of a centimeter with sub-micrometer precision. A standing wave dipole trap is loaded with a…
Strong coupling between excitons and confined modes of light presents a promising pathway to tunable and enhanced energy transport in organic materials. By forming hybrid light-matter quasiparticles, exciton-polaritons, electronic…
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We investigate the dynamics of a charged particle confined to move on a toroidal helix while being driven by an external time-dependent electric field. The underlying phase space is analyzed for linearly and circularly polarized fields. For…
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The interest in monomolecular films as electric conductors arises from the search for innovative materials. The utility of non-covalently bonded films is limited because they are mechanically unstable and consist of poorly connected…
It was shown in the recent experiments that the hybrid organic/inorganic resonant structures can provide a flexible materials platform aimed at the design of novel light emitting devices. The applications of hybrid structures for…
Near-room-temperature electronic transport of annealing induced semiconducting crystallites embedded within its amorphous counterpart is treated within the effective-medium approach. As such, the mixtures transport coefficients become…
Viscously damped particles driven past an evenly spaced array of potential energy wells or barriers may become kinetically locked in to the array, or else may escape from the array. The transition between locked-in and free-running states…
Catalytically active colloids maintain non-equilibrium conditions in which they produce and deplete chemicals and hence effectively act as sources and sinks of molecules. While individual colloids that are symmetrically coated do not…