Self-Assembly of Patchy Particles for Nanotechnology Applications.

We will build on our previous joint research on classical many-particle systems. Two fundamental extensions will be required in order to describe these novel systems: 1) the isotropic inter-particle interaction will now be generalized to anisotropic one with anisotropic particles. This implies that each particle will not only be characterized by its position but now also its orientation will be important resulting in a substantial increase of the degrees of freedom. 2) The hydrodynamic interaction with the fluidic environment will be incorporated increasing the complexity of the problem (and the computational challenges).

Keywords:SELF-ASSEMBLY, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PARTICLE PHYSICS

Disciplines:Condensed matter physics and nanophysics

Project type:Collaboration project