Casimir self-assembly: A platform for measuring nanoscale surface interactions in liquids
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F26%3A0201631" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/26:0201631 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2505144122" target="_blank" >https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2505144122</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505144122" target="_blank" >10.1073/pnas.2505144122</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Casimir self-assembly: A platform for measuring nanoscale surface interactions in liquids
Original language description
Self-assembly (SA) plays a pivotal role in nanotechnology, offering cost-effective methods for bottom-up fabrication and providing versatile model systems for investigating fundamental interactions in various bioinspired systems. However, current methods for investigating and quantifying the dynamics of SA systems are limited in their applicability to planar interfaces, particularly in liquid environments. These methods typically rely on analyzing the collective behavior of particle suspensions rather than directly probing the specific interactions between individual particles. Here, we introduce Casimir self-assembly (CaSA) as a platform, integrating colloidal science, nanophotonics, and fluctuational electrodynamics to study long-range interactions and stability in planar SA systems. Using thermal fluctuations as a probe and visible-range Fabry-P & eacute;rot resonances as an optical readout, we demonstrate that CaSA enables a direct in situ study of the Casimir-Lifshitz electrostatic interaction. This approach allows us to map stability regimes of colloidal materials by varying ionic strength and identifying conditions for stable assembly and aggregation limits, and moreover is used to measure the surface charge density of an individual colloidal object down to fractions of an electron charge per square nanometer. Our platform overcomes the limitations of current methods, providing an experimental tool for exploring SA dynamics in situ and expanding the understanding of suspension stability in liquids at the single-particle level. With potential for future applications, CaSA is scalable for studying interfacial forces and is adaptable to multivalent electrolytes and biosensing.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN
0027-8424
e-ISSN
1091-6490
Volume of the periodical
122
Issue of the periodical within the volume
31
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001547053500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105012914575