Heterogeneous Particles With Isotropic Interactions

Heterogeneous Particles with Isotropic Interactions

There is much interest in using self-assembly to build materials at the microscopic level by using soft matter systems such as block copolymers and DNA coated colloids. Self-consistent field theory (SCFT) has seen much success in examining the equilibrium structure of polymer systems. We have designed a model using SCFT that describes a system of isotropically interacting particles. This model can be used a starting point to exploring different types of soft matter systems that exhibit self-assembly. This approach is a quick and efficient approach to finding equilibrium structures, and can be used as a high throughput method for finding equilibrium structures. We present here two different systems: a triblock star polymer and a colloidal system. We show that our approach, while extremely coarse grained can replicate the robust phases of those systems. In the triblock copolymer system we can show that the honeycomb lattice phase, the lamella phase and the lamella with beads phase are easily obtained. We compare the phases found in our model to the most common phases found using SCFT for polymers systems. In the colloidal system, we can replicate some of properties of a large colloidal particle surrounded by a solution of much smaller solution particles.

Symmetry and Heterogeneity in High Temperature Superconductors

Anisotropic Particle Assemblies

Anisotropic Particle Assemblies: Synthesis, Assembly, Modeling, and Applications covers the synthesis, assembly, modeling, and applications of various types of anisotropic particles. Topics such as chemical synthesis and scalable fabrication of colloidal molecules, molecular mimetic self-assembly, directed assembly under external fields, theoretical and numerical multi-scale modeling, anisotropic materials with novel interfacial properties, and the applications of these topics in renewable energy, intelligent micro-machines, and biomedical fields are discussed in depth. Contributors to this book are internationally known experts who have been actively studying each of these subfields for many years.This book is an invaluable reference for researchers and chemical engineers who are working at the intersection of physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science and engineering. It educates students, trains the next generation of researchers, and stimulates continuous development in this rapidly emerging area for new materials and innovative technologies. - Provides comprehensive coverage on new developments in anisotropic particles - Features chapters written by emerging and leading experts in each of the subfields - Contains information that will appeal to a broad spectrum of professionals, including but not limited to chemical engineers, chemists, physicists, and materials scientists and engineers - Serves as both a reference book for researchers and a textbook for graduate students