Driven self-assembly of hard nanoplates on soft elastic shells*
Zhang Yao-Yanga), Hua Yun-Fengb), Deng Zhen-Yub)
       
Evolutions of hard nanoplates on soft elastic shells at various bending energies with K b = 100 (A), 10000 (B), and 5 × 105 (C) for regular triangle, square, hexagon, and circle, respectively. The adsorption behaviors of hard nanoplates on two-dimensional (2D) planes are shown in panel (D) for comparison. Here N = 48.