A theory for the effect of patch / non-patch attractions on the self-assembly of patchy colloids
Soft Condensed Matter
2017-09-14 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
In this paper, we develop a thermodynamic perturbation theory to describe the self-assembly of patchy colloids which exhibit both patch-patch attractions as well as patch / non-patch attractions. That is, patches attract other patches as well as the no patch region. In general these attractions operate on different energy scales, which allows for controlled self-assembly as well as anomalous phase behavior. As an application we apply the model to the study of liquid water.
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@article{arxiv.1709.04091,
title = {A theory for the effect of patch / non-patch attractions on the self-assembly of patchy colloids},
author = {Bennett D. Marshall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.04091},
year = {2017}
}