1201.5440 (Daniel Salgado-Blanco et al.)

Self-assembly of anisotropic soft particles in two dimensions    [PDF]

Daniel Salgado-Blanco, Carlos I. Mendoza

The self assembly of core-corona discs interacting via anisotropic potentials
is investigated using Monte Carlo computer simulations. A minimal interaction
potential that incorporates anisotropy in a simple way is introduced. It
consists in a core-corona architecture in which the center of the core is
shifted with respect to the center of the corona. Anisotropy can thus be tuned
by progressively shifting the position of the core. Despite its simplicity, the
system self organize in a rich variety of structures including stripes,
triangular and rectangular lattices, and unusual plastic crystals. Our results
indicate that the amount of anisotropy does not alter the lattice spacing and
only influences the type of clustering (stripes, micells, etc.) of the
individual particles.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5440