The self-assembly of anisotropic patchy particles with a triangular shape was studied by experiments and computer simulations. The colloidal particles were synthesized in a two …
Coating colloidal particles with DNA provides one of the most versatile and powerful methods for controlling colloidal self-assembly. Previous studies have shown how …
Inverse statistical mechanics is a powerful optimization methodology that has been widely applied to design optimal isotropic pair interactions that robustly yield a broad spectrum of …
Inspired by experimental studies of short-ranged attractive patchy particles, we study with computer simulations the phase behavior and the crystalline structures of one-patch colloids …
We study the structure formation and flow properties of colloidal dispersions comprised of Janus spheres, Janus spherocylinders, and their mixtures, using hybrid molecular dynamics …
Nanometer-sized clusters are often targeted due to their potential applications as nanoreactors or storage/delivery devices. One route to assemble and stabilize finite …
W Li, S Ravaine, E Duguet - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
We report a quite simple strategy to assemble silica/polystyrene dumbbell-shaped nanoparticles into clusters with an aggregation number from two to more than 30. The …
We employ Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the self-assembly of patchy colloidal dumbbells interacting via a modified Kern-Frenkel potential by probing the system …
Patchy colloids are attractive as programmable building blocks for metamaterials. Inverse patchy colloids, in which a charged surface is decorated with patches of the opposite …