Ph.D in Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
Professor
Ph.D in Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
Section Editor for Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science Journal - Colloidal Dispersions Section
Member of the ACE Science Team (Advanced Colloids Experiment) - NASA Glenn Research Center
Targeted Assembly and Synchronization of Self-Spinning Microgears
Aubret , M. Youssef , S. Sacanna and J. Palacci - Nature Physics
(2018)
Monodisperse Magnetic Silica Hexapods
J-H. Kim, H.J. Hwang, J.S. Oh , S. Sacanna and G-R. Yi - JACS, 140 (29), pp 9230-9235, (2018).
Mix-and Melt Colloidal Engineering
T. Hueckel and S. Sacanna - ACS Nano, 12, 4, 3533-3540 (2018)
Monitoring Molecular Transport across Colloidal Membranes
E. V. Silletta , Z. Xu, M. Youssef, S. Sacanna and A. Jerschow - J. Phys. Chem. B, 122 (18), pp 4931-4936, (2018).
Self-organization in dipolar cube fluids constrained by competing anisotropies
Rossi, J.G. Donaldson, J-M. Meijer, A.V. Petukhov, D. Kleckner, S.S. Kantorovich, W.T.M. Irvine, A.P. Philipse and S. Sacanna - Soft Matter, 14, 1080-1087, (2018) Featured on the cover
Patchy Particles Made by Colloidal Fusion
Z. Gong, T. Hueckel and S. Sacanna - Nature, 550, 234-238, (2017).
Diffusivity control of magnetic cube-particle chain by external magnetic field
S. Lee, S. Park, Y. Lee, G. Yi, S. Sacanna and Dong-Hyun Kim - Appl. Phys. Lett., 111, 132401 (2017).
Editorial Overview. Patchy Colloidal Particles
Patti, S. Sacanna and K Velikov - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Vol. 30, p. A1-A3, (2017).
Preparation of colloidal organosilica spheres through spontaneous emulsification
van der Wel, R. K. Bhan, R. W. Verweij, H. C. Frijters, Z. Gong, A. D. Hollingsworth, S. Sacanna and D. J. Kraft - Langmuir, 33 (33), 8174-8180, (2017).
Dielectrophoretic assembly of dimpled colloids into open packing structures
Z. Jia, S. Sacanna and S. S. Lee. - Soft Matter, 13, 5724-5730, (2017).
Colloids Can "see" the Light. T. Hueckel, and S. Sacanna - Chem, 2, 17-19, (2017)
Unstable fronts and motile structures formed by microrollers. M. Driscoll, B. Delmotte, M.
Youssef, S. Sacanna, A. Donev and P. Chaikin - Nature Physics, doi:10.1038/nphys3970, (2016)
Shapeshifting Colloids via Stimulated Dewetting. M. Youssef, T. Hueckel, G. Yi, and S. Sacanna - Nature Commmunications, 7, 12216 (2016)
Core-shell particles for simultaneous three-dimensional imaging and optical tweezing in dense colloidal materials. Y. Liu, K.V. Edmond, A. Curran, C. Bryant, B. Peng, D.G.A.L. Aarts, S. Sacanna and R.P.A. Dullens - Advanced Materials, 28, 8001?8006. (2016)
Trochoidal trajectories of self-propelled Janus particles in a diverging laser beam. H. Moyses, J. Palacci, S. Sacanna and D.G. Grier - Soft Matter,12, 6357-6364, (2016)
Featured on the cover
Binding kinetics of lock and key colloids L. Colon-Melendez1, D. Beltran-Villegas, G. van Anders, J. Liu, M. Spellings, S. Sacanna, D.J. Pine, S.C. Glotzer, R.G. Larson, M.J. Solomon - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142, 174909, (2015).
Articial Rheotaxis J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. Abramian, J. Barral, K. Hanson, A. Grosberg, D.J. Pine and P.M. Chaikin. - Science Advance, Vol. 1, no. 4, e1400214, (2015).
Shape-sensitive crystallization in colloidal superball fluids L. Rossi, V. Soni, D. J. Ashton, D.J. Pine, A.P. Philipse, P.M. Chaikin, Marjolein Dijkstra, S. Sacanna and W.T.M. Irvine, - PNAS, vol. 112 no. 17, (2015).
Re-entrant solidication in polymer-colloid mixtures as a consequence of competing en-tropic and enthalpic attractions. L. Feng, B. Laderman, S. Sacanna, and P.M. Chaikin - NatureMaterials, 2014, doi:10.1038/nmat4109.
Light Activated Self-propelled Colloids J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, S.-H. Kim, G.-R. Yi, D.J. Pine and P.M. Chaikin. - Philosophical Transactions A, 2014, doi:10.1098/rsta.2013.0372.
Digital Colloids: Recongurable Clusters as High Information Density Elements C. Phillips, E. Jankowski, B. Krishnatreya, K. Edmond, S. Sacanna, D. Grier, D.J. Pine and S.
Glotzer. - Soft Matter, 10, 7468-7479, (2014).
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Three-Dimensional Lock and Key Colloids Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Zheng, G. Yi, S. Sacanna, D. Pine and M. Weck. - JACS, 2014, 136 (19)