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'''Patchy particles''' <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl0493500 Zhenli Zhang and Sharon C. Glotzer "Self-Assembly of Patchy Particles", Nano Letters '''4''' pp. 1407-1413 (2004)]</ref> | '''Patchy particles''' <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl0493500 Zhenli Zhang and Sharon C. Glotzer "Self-Assembly of Patchy Particles", Nano Letters '''4''' pp. 1407-1413 (2004)]</ref> are models designed to keep pace with the rapid advances in the field of [[colloids]]. It is now possible to synthesise or fabricate tiny particles that have a variety of shapes, composition etc. In order to simulate these structures, there is a corresponding growth in the number of [[idealised models]] being developed and studied. With a view to classifying | ||
these "patchy" models the idea of "anisotropy dimensions" has been put forward. | |||
==Taxonomy: anisotropy dimensions== | ==Taxonomy: anisotropy dimensions== | ||
Anisotropy dimensions is a classification scheme for patchy particles <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat1949 Sharon C. Glotzer and Michael J. Solomon "Anisotropy of building blocks and their assembly into complex structures", Nature Materials '''6''' pp. 557-562 (2007)]</ref>. | Anisotropy dimensions is a classification scheme for patchy particles <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat1949 Sharon C. Glotzer and Michael J. Solomon "Anisotropy of building blocks and their assembly into complex structures", Nature Materials '''6''' pp. 557-562 (2007)]</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 19 May 2010
Patchy particles [1] are models designed to keep pace with the rapid advances in the field of colloids. It is now possible to synthesise or fabricate tiny particles that have a variety of shapes, composition etc. In order to simulate these structures, there is a corresponding growth in the number of idealised models being developed and studied. With a view to classifying these "patchy" models the idea of "anisotropy dimensions" has been put forward.
Taxonomy: anisotropy dimensions
Anisotropy dimensions is a classification scheme for patchy particles [2]. The eight attributes are as follows:
Surface coverage (A)
Aspect ratio (B)
Faceting (C)
Pattern quantisation (D)
Branching (E)
Chemical ordering (F)
Shape gradient (G)
Roughness (H)
Models
- Bol model of water
- Dahl and Andersen model of water
- Kern and Frenkel patchy model
- Modulated patchy Lennard-Jones model
- Smith and Nezbeda associated fluid model
See also
- Colloids
- Emulsions
- Janus particles
- Phase diagram of anisotropic particles with octahedral symmetry
- Phase diagram of anisotropic particles with tetrahedral symmetry
- Wertheim's first order thermodynamic perturbation theory (TPT1)
References
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