This review describes the latest advances in the synthesis and assembly of specific colloids such as the colloidal molecules as defined by van Blaaderen in 2003 and the patchy particles imagined a few years later. The two concepts are closely related because some may serve as precursors of others and vice versa. To best mimic the molecular structures, it is necessary to introduce the notions of directed binding and valence which result in the concept of patches arranged on the particle surface according to the conventional repulsion figures. The assembly of patchy particles has made it possible to reconstitute molecules and macromolecules of simple geometry. But the existence of extended assemblies of larger dimensions has been demonstrated mostly by simulation and it struggles experimentally with the purity of the batches of building blocks.

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胶体分子和斑片状颗粒：互补的概念，合成和自组装。

这篇综述描述了特定胶体的合成和组装的最新进展，例如van Blaaderen在2003年定义的胶体分子和几年后想象的斑片状颗粒。这两个概念密切相关，因为其中一些可以充当其他概念的前身，反之亦然。为了最好地模仿分子结构，有必要引入定向结合和化合价的概念，这导致了按照常规排斥图将补片布置在颗粒表面的概念。斑块状颗粒的组装使得重构简单几何形状的分子和大分子成为可能。但是，大多数情况下已通过仿真证明了较大尺寸的扩展组件的存在，并且它在实验中与批量构建模块的纯度产生了冲突。