Structure and dynamics of amphiphilic Janus spheres and spherocylinders under shear

Y Kobayashi, N Arai, A Nikoubashman - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the structure formation and flow properties of colloidal dispersions comprised of
Janus spheres, Janus spherocylinders, and their mixtures, using hybrid molecular dynamics …

Equilibrium cluster fluids: Pair interactions via inverse design

RB Jadrich, JA Bollinger, BA Lindquist, TM Truskett - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Inverse methods of statistical mechanics are becoming productive tools in the design of
materials with specific microstructures or properties. While initial studies have focused on …

Interactions and design rules for assembly of porous colloidal mesophases

BA Lindquist, S Dutta, RB Jadrich, DJ Milliron… - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous mesophases, where well-defined particle-depleted 'void'spaces are present within a
particle-rich background fluid, can be self-assembled from colloidal particles interacting via …

Rich Janus colloid phase behavior under steady shear

RA DeLaCruz-Araujo, DJ Beltran-Villegas, RG Larson… - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the assembly of single-patch colloidal Janus particles under steady shear flow via
Brownian dynamics simulations. In the absence of flow, by varying the Janus patch size and …

Self-assembly of colloidal micelles in microfluidic channels

A Nikoubashman - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The self-assembly of amphiphilic Janus colloids in microfluidic channels is studied using
hybrid molecular dynamics simulations with fully resolved hydrodynamic interactions …

Self-assembly of finite-sized colloidal aggregates

PK Jana, BM Mognetti - Soft matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the challenges of self-assembling finite-sized colloidal aggregates with a sought
morphology is the necessity of precisely sorting the position of the colloids at the …

Multiple 2D crystal structures in bilayered lamellae from the direct self-assembly of 3D systems of soft Janus particles

YW Sun, ZW Li, ZY Sun - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous crystals and Frank–Kasper phases in two-dimensional (2D) systems of soft
particles have been presented by theoretical investigations. How to realize 2D crystals or …

Co-assembly of Janus nanoparticles in block copolymer systems

J Diaz, M Pinna, A Zvelindovsky, I Pagonabarraga - Soft matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Block copolymer are ideal matrices to control the localisation of colloids. Furthermore,
anisotropic nanoparticles such as Janus nanoparticles possess an additional orientational …

A theory for the effect of patch/non-patch attractions on the self-assembly of patchy colloids

BD Marshall - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, we develop a thermodynamic perturbation theory to describe the self-assembly
of patchy colloids which exhibit both patch–patch attractions as well as patch/non-patch …