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Assembly of Anisotropic Colloidal Materials and Shapes in Electric Fields

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This project explores how various collodiol materials can be manipulated in AC electric fields for applications in aerospace, defense, and soft robotics. Materials investigated include SU-8, Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Lithium Aluminum Titanium Phosphate (LATP), and Sodium Super Ionic Conductor (NASICON). These materials were examined for their ability to respond to electric fields, with particular focus on the interactions between particles and the field, such as the dipole-field potential.

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The photo shows the SU-8 single particle experiment with a microscope image of particles, an image of the experiment, governing equations, and four results graphs.

This figure includes a microscope image of SU-8 particles, tracked particle orientations, the Dipole-Field Potential and Boltzmann Inversion equations, plots of particle position and orientation, their probability distributions, and the 2D and 1D measured energy landscapes.

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