(650h) Self-Assembly Propensities and Pathways for Patchy Particles
AIChE Annual Meeting
2009
2009 Annual Meeting
Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals
Computational Studies of Self-Assembly
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 10:27am to 10:43am
In this work we use a new computational method, bottom-up building block assembly to generate ordered, energy-minimizing configurations for a family of complex interacting patchy particles. We also generate assembly pathways that elucidate ways large clusters can be generated by combing smaller energy-minimizing clusters of patchy particles. We observe common characteristics of assembly pathways that correspond to particles with favorable and unfavorable self-assembly characteristics and demonstrate design strategies for overcoming barriers to self-assembly.