Topological defects and shape of aromatic self-assembled vesicles
Soft Condensed Matter
2011-02-18 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Abstract
We show that the stacking of flat aromatic molecules on a curved surface results in topological defects. We consider, as an example, spherical vesicles, self-assembled from molecules with 5- and 6-thiophene cores. We predict that the symmetry of the molecules influences the number of topological defects and the resulting equilibrium shape.
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@article{arxiv.0907.1842,
title = {Topological defects and shape of aromatic self-assembled vesicles},
author = {O. V. Manyuhina and A. Fasolino and M. I. Katsnelson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1842},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
accepted as a Letter in the J. Phys. Chem. B