Kinetics of intermediate-mediated self-assembly in nano-sized materials: a generic model
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-05-18 v1 Materials Science
Biological Physics
Abstract
We propose in this paper a generic model of a non-standard aggregation mechanism for self-assembly processes of a class of materials involving the mediation of intermediates consisting of a polydisperse population of nano-sized particles. The model accounts for a long induction period in the process. The proposed mechanism also gives insight on future experiments aiming at a more comprehensive picture of the role of self-organization in self-assembly processes.
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@article{arxiv.1003.5485,
title = {Kinetics of intermediate-mediated self-assembly in nano-sized materials: a generic model},
author = {James F. Lutsko and Vasileios Basios and Gregoire Nicolis and Tom P. Caremans and Alexander Aerts and Johan A. Martens and Christine E. A. Kirschhock and Titus S. van Erp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5485},
year = {2015}
}
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To appear in J. Chem. Phys.