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Hierarchical self-assembly of asymmetric amphiphatic spherical colloidal particles
Phys. Rev. E 80, 021404 – Published 19 August, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.021404
Abstract
From dumbbells to fcc crystals, we study the self-assembly pathway of amphiphatic spherical colloidal particles as a function of the size of the hydrophobic region using molecular-dynamics simulations. Specifically, we analyze how local interparticle interactions correlate to the final self-assembled aggregate and how they affect the dynamical pathway of structure formation. We present a detailed diagram separating the many phases that we find for different sizes of the hydrophobic area and uncover a narrow region where particles self-assemble into hollow faceted cages that could potentially find interesting engineering applications.
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