Scientists at the University of Hull have pioneered a method of organising particles that could lead to the ‘smart’ materials of the future.

Dr Martin Buzza in the Department of Physics & Maths and Dr Tommy Horozov in the Department of Chemistry have discovered a unique way of creating two-dimensional structures using a self-assembly method for colloids (particles) at a liquid interface.

The second paper on their research has just been published in Physical Review Letters and details how...