A revolution in novel nanoparticles and colloidal building blocks has been enabled by recent breakthroughs in particle synthesis. These new particles are poised to become the ‘atoms’ and ‘molecules’ ...

In the olden days — a mere 20 years ago — people talked about hard colloidal particles and soft vesicles or micelles, which covered all sizes from the micrometre to the nanometre regime. Now we talk ...