Artículo
Self-Assembly of Optimally Packed Cylindrical Clusters inside Spherical Shells
Fecha de publicación:
09/2022
Editorial:
American Chemical Society
Revista:
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
ISSN:
1520-6106
Idioma:
Inglés
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Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Systems with short-range attraction and long-range repulsion can form ordered microphases in bulk and under confinement. Using grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations, we study a colloidal system with competing interactions under confinement in narrow spherical shells at thermodynamic conditions at which the hexagonal phase of cylindrical clusters is stable in bulk. We observe spontaneous formation of different ordered structures. The results of the simulations are in a very good agreement with the predictions of a simple mathematical model based on the geometry and optimal packing of colloidal clusters. The results of the simulations and the explanation provided by a relatively simple geometric model may be helpful in manufacturing copolymer nanocapsules and may indicate possible ways of coiling DNA strands on spherical objects.
Palabras clave:
Complex Systems
,
Confined Fluid
,
Monte Carlo simulations
,
SARL potentials
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Articulos de INST.FISICA DE LIQUIDOS Y SIST.BIOLOGICOS (I)
Articulos de INST.FISICA DE LIQUIDOS Y SIST.BIOLOGICOS (I)
Citación
Serna, Horacio; Meyra, Ariel German; Noya, Eva G.; Góźdź, Wojciech T.; Self-Assembly of Optimally Packed Cylindrical Clusters inside Spherical Shells; American Chemical Society; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; 126; 36; 9-2022; 7059-7065
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