Self-assembly of “Mickey Mouse” shaped colloids into tube-like structures: experiments and simulations

JR Wolters, G Avvisati, F Hagemans, T Vissers, DJ Kraft… - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The self-assembly of anisotropic patchy particles with a triangular shape was studied by
experiments and computer simulations. The colloidal particles were synthesized in a two …

Phase behaviour and dynamics of three-dimensional active dumbbell systems

CB Caporusso, G Negro, A Suma, P Digregorio… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a comprehensive numerical study of the phase behavior and dynamics of a
three-dimensional active dumbbell system with attractive interactions. We demonstrate that …

Self-assembly of patchy colloidal dumbbells

G Avvisati, T Vissers, M Dijkstra - The Journal of chemical physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We employ Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the self-assembly of patchy colloidal
dumbbells interacting via a modified Kern-Frenkel potential by probing the system …

Cluster formation and phase separation in heteronuclear Janus dumbbells

G Munaò, P O'Toole, TS Hudson, D Costa… - Journal of Physics …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We have recently investigated the phase behavior of model colloidal dumbbells constituted
by two identical tangent hard spheres, with the first being surrounded by an attractive square …

Coarse-grained models for automated fragmentation and parametrization of molecular databases

JGEM Fraaije, J van Male, P Becherer… - Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We calibrate coarse-grained interaction potentials suitable for screening large data sets in
top-down fashion. Three new algorithms are introduced:(i) automated decomposition of …

Phase separation and self-assembly of colloidal dimers with tunable attractive strength: from symmetrical square-wells to Janus dumbbells

G Munao, P O'Toole, TS Hudson, D Costa, C Caccamo… - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We numerically investigate colloidal dimers with asymmetric interaction strengths to study
how the interplay between molecular geometry, excluded volume effects and attractive …

Anomalous diffusion and diffusion anomaly in confined Janus dumbbells

LB Krott, C Gavazzoni, JR Bordin - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Self-assembly and dynamical properties of Janus nanoparticles have been studied by
molecular dynamic simulations. The nanoparticles are modeled as dimers and they are …

Waterlike features, liquid–crystal phase and self-assembly in Janus dumbbells

JR Bordin - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
We explore the phase diagram of Janus nanoparticles using Molecular Dynamics
simulations. Each monomer in the dimer has distinct characteristics. One type of monomer …

Self-assembly and water-like anomalies in janus nanoparticles

JR Bordin, LB Krott, MC Barbosa - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
We explore the pressure versus temperature phase diagram of a system of dimeric Janus
nanoparticles using molecular dynamics simulations. Each nanoparticle is modeled as a …

Encapsulation of spherical nanoparticles by colloidal dimers

G Munao, D Costa, S Prestipino… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We study by Monte Carlo simulation the coating process of colloidal dimers onto spherical
nanoparticles. To this end we investigate a simplified mixture of hard spheres (the guest …