[PDF][PDF] Multiple-scale structures: from Faraday waves to soft-matter quasicrystals

S Savitz, M Babadi, R Lifshitz - IUCrJ, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
For many years, quasicrystals were observed only as solid-state metallic alloys, yet current
research is now actively exploring their formation in a variety of soft materials, including …

Moiré and honeycomb lattices through self-assembly of hard-core/soft-shell microgels: experiment and simulation

K Volk, F Deißenbeck, S Mandal, H Löwen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Control over microstructure and interparticle spacing in substrate-supported colloidal
arrangements is a key challenge in colloidal self-assembly. We demonstrate here the …

Square-triangle tilings: an infinite playground for soft matter

M Impéror-Clerc, A Jagannathan, P Kalugin, JF Sadoc - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Regular square and triangle, two very simple geometrical figures, can be used to construct a
fascinating variety of tilings which cover the 2D plane without any overlaps or holes. Such …

Novel pyrochlorelike crystal with a photonic band gap self-assembled using colloids with a simple interaction potential

H Pattabhiraman, G Avvisati, M Dijkstra - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Using computer simulations, we investigate the phase behavior of a system of particles
interacting with a remarkably simple repulsive square-shoulder pair potential and report the …

Phase behavior of a two-dimensional core-softened system: new physical insights

LA Padilla, A Ramírez-Hernández - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we report results of extensive computer simulations regarding the phase
behavior of a core-softened system. By using structural and thermodynamic descriptors, as …

Inverse design of self-assembling Frank-Kasper phases and insights into emergent quasicrystals

BA Lindquist, RB Jadrich, WD Piñeros… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We discuss how a machine learning approach based on relative entropy optimization can
be used as an inverse design strategy to discover isotropic pair interactions that self …

Structural crossover in a model fluid exhibiting two length scales: repercussions for quasicrystal formation

MC Walters, P Subramanian, AJ Archer, R Evans - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
We investigate the liquid state structure of the two-dimensional model introduced by Barkan
et al.[Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 098304 (2014) 10.1103/PhysRevLett. 113.098304], which …

Solid–liquid and solid–solid phase diagrams of self-assembled triblock janus nanoparticles from solution

H Eslami, K Bahri, F Müller-Plathe - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A realistic model of triblock Janus particles, in which a cross-linked polystyrene sphere
capped at the poles with hydrophobic n-hexyl groups and in the equatorial region with …

Nonconventional phases of colloidal nanorods with a soft corona

G Campos-Villalobos, M Dijkstra, A Patti - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Using computer simulations, we investigate the phase behavior of hard-core
spherocylinders with a length-to-diameter ratio L/σ= 5 and coated by a soft deformable …

Non-close-packed three-dimensional quasicrystals

PF Damasceno, SC Glotzer… - Journal of Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Quasicrystals are frequently encountered in condensed matter. They are important
candidates for equilibrium phases from the atomic scale to the nanoscale. Here, we …