# Colloidal Assembly

**Source**: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/self-organizing-soft-matter/impacts/colloidal-assembly
**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/self-organizing-soft-matter

Colloids are indispensable building blocks of functional materials. A key challenge in the field of colloidal science is to achieve full control over particle interactions, to modulate assembly pathways and precisely direct the microstructure and properties of the final material. We develop new approaches to guide colloidal assembly by external cues such as temperature and light.

Colloids are indispensable building blocks of functional materials. A key challenge in the field of colloidal science is to achieve full control over particle interactions, to modulate assembly pathways and precisely direct the microstructure and properties of the final material. We develop new approaches to guide colloidal assembly by external cues such as temperature and light.