Colloidal monolayer self-assembly and its simulation via cellular automaton model

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/088703

Abstract A wafer-scale colloidal monolayer consisting of SiO₂ spheres is fabricated by a method combining spin coating and thermal treatment for the first time. Moreover, a new cellular automaton model describing the self-assembly process of the colloidal monolayer is introduced. Rather than simulate molecular self-assembly to establish the most energetically favored position, we reconstruct the self-assembly of the colloidal monolayer by adjusting several simple transition rules of a cellular automaton. This model captures the main self-assembly characteristics of SiO₂ spheres, including experimental processing time, morphology, and some statistics. It possesses the advantage of less calculation and higher efficiency, paving a new way to simulate a mesoscopic system.

Keywords: self-assembly cellular automaton simulation colloidal monolayer

Received: 13 March 2014
Revised: 08 April 2014
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PACS:	87.15.A-	(Theory, modeling, and computer simulation)
	81.16.-c	(Methods of micro- and nanofabrication and processing)
	81.07.-b	(Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization)
	87.15.nt	(Crystallization)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81172082) and Anhui Provincial Scientific and Technological Project of China (Grant No. 12010202035).

Corresponding Authors: Xu Xiao-Liang
E-mail: xlxu@ustc.edu.cn

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Wu Yi-Zhi (吴以治), Chen Chen (陈晨), Xu Xiao-Liang (许小亮), Liu Yun-Xi (刘赟夕), Shao Wei-Jia (邵伟佳), Yin Nai-Qiang (尹乃强), Zhang Wen-Ting (张文婷), Ke Jia-Xin (柯佳鑫), Fang Xiao-Tian (方啸天) Colloidal monolayer self-assembly and its simulation via cellular automaton model 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 088703

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