Confocal microscopy captures both the structure and the motion of the rod-like particles in detail (IMAGE)

Utrecht University, Faculty of Science

Confocal microscopy captures both the structure and the motion of the rod-like particles in detail

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Confocal microscopy captures both the structure and the motion of the rod-like particles in detail. At low density, they form an ordered crystal (left). At higher density, the particles can still rotate but become glass-like and amorphous (right). Left panels show single snapshots, right panels overlay multiple snapshots.

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Image credit: Besseling et al., Nature Communications (2026), CC BY 4.0

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