The capillary assembly of stimulus-responsive hydrogel particles with programmed multipolar interactions defined by their prescribed three-dimensional (3D) shapes is demonstrated. Low-energy bending deformations of the particles, driven by surface tension, modifies the interactions between particles, while their temperature-dependent swelling enables switchable assembly.
J. Bae, N. P. Bende, A. A. Evans, J. Na, C. D. Santangelo and R. C. Hayward, Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4, 228 DOI: 10.1039/C6MH00531D
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