Tuesday publication post! 📖 On brand with our nanomaterials synthesis webinar is this newest publication in Nature Materials talking about self-assembly of nanoparticles!
Mechanical metamaterials gain their unusual properties — from shape morphing to phonon wave manipulation — through geometry and topology. But bringing these principles down to the nanoscale has long been a challenge.
Using the Poseidon AX system, researchers were able to directly image phonon dynamics in self-assembled nanoparticle lattices in real time.
In summary:
🔬 Phonon band structures and nanoscale spring constants measured at unprecedented resolution
💠 Critical insights into colloidal interactions beyond nearest neighbors
💧 A bridge between mechanical metamaterials and nanoparticle self-assembly
In situ liquid phase electron microscopy makes it possible to observe, model and research the self-assembly of nanomaterials at the nanoscale!
Want to read the entire research?
Find it here!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02253-3
