Driven self-assembly of hard nanoplates on soft elastic shells

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/11/118202

Abstract The driven self-assembly behaviors of hard nanoplates on soft elastic shells are investigated by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method, and the driven self-assembly structures of adsorbed hard nanoplates depend on the shape of hard nanoplates and the bending energy of soft elastic shells. Three main structures for adsorbed hard nanoplates, including the ordered aggregation structures of hard nanoplates for elastic shells with a moderate bending energy, the collapsed structures for elastic shells with a low bending energy, and the disordered aggregation structures for hard shells, are observed. The self-assembly process of adsorbed hard nanoplates is driven by the surface tension of the elastic shell, and the shape of driven self-assembly structures is determined on the basis of the minimization of the second moment of mass distribution. Meanwhile, the deformations of elastic shells can be controlled by the number of adsorbed rods as well as the length of adsorbed rods. This investigation can help us understand the complexity of the driven self-assembly of hard nanoplates on elastic shells.

Keywords: self-assembly nanoplate elastic shell

Received: 23 March 2015
Revised: 31 May 2015
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PACS:	82.35.Np	(Nanoparticles in polymers)
	82.70.Dd	(Colloids)
	82.20.Wt	(Computational modeling; simulation)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21174131).

Corresponding Authors: Deng Zhen-Yu
E-mail: dengbug@gmail.com

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Zhang Yao-Yang (章尧旸), Hua Yun-Feng (华昀峰), Deng Zhen-Yu (邓真渝) Driven self-assembly of hard nanoplates on soft elastic shells 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 118202

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