Driven self-assembly of hard nanoplates on soft elastic shells*
Zhang Yao-Yanga), Hua Yun-Fengb), Deng Zhen-Yub)
       
Left: Snapshots at different simulation times suggesting that the combination of nanoplate shape and surface tension of soft shell directs the formation of an ordered structure for regular hexagon. Right: The corresponding radius distributions of elastic shells at different simulation times.