Soft-patchy nanoparticles: modeling and self-organization

Author(s)
Emanuela Bianchi, Barbara Capone, Gerhard Kahl, Christos N. Likos
Abstract

We consider a novel class of patchy particles inspired by polymer-based complex units where the limited valence in bonding is accompanied by soft interactions and incessant fluctuations of the patch positions, possibly leading to reversible modifications of the patch number and size. We introduce a simple model that takes into account the aforementioned features and we focus on the role played by the patch flexibility on the self-organization of our patchy units in the bulk, with particular attention to the connectivity properties and the morphology of the aggregated networks.

Organisation(s)
Computational and Soft Matter Physics
External organisation(s)
Technische Universität Wien
Journal
Faraday Discussions
Volume
181
Pages
123-138
No. of pages
16
ISSN
1359-6640
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/c4fd00271g
Publication date
2015
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103036 Theoretical physics, 103015 Condensed matter, 103018 Materials physics, 103029 Statistical physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/softpatchy-nanoparticles-modeling-and-selforganization(2fe626e4-7e96-4bd4-8470-b742f50e2824).html