Computer Simulation of Self-Assembly of Disc-Shaped Nanoparticles

2013 ◽  
Vol 710 ◽  
pp. 716-719
Author(s):  
Bo Du ◽  
Zi Lu Wang ◽  
Xue Hao He

Understanding how nanoparticles self-assemble into specific structures is important in biology. The self-assembly structures of disc-shaped nanoparticles are investigated using Gay Berne potential. Through the simulated annealing Monte Carlo simulation underNVTcondition, we found that various nanostructures such as nematic phase and isotropic phase are discovered. The formation mechanism of these novel nanostructures is discussed.

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (61) ◽  
pp. 38666-38676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuping Sheng ◽  
Li Xia ◽  
Guanzhou Yang ◽  
Yiqing Xia ◽  
Yong Huang ◽  
...  

Janus particles were fabricated using different polymer mixtures and the self-assembly behavior for different particles was compared.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
PINGCHUAN SUN ◽  
YUHUA YIN ◽  
BAOHUI LI ◽  
QINGHUA JIN ◽  
DATONG DING

In this paper, Monte Carlo method is applied to simulate the process of the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymer with a series of block lengths of the insoluble and soluble blocks. Under the given simulation conditions, the diblock copolymers form spherical micelles in solution. The dependence of the core radii of spherical micelles on both block lengths is obtained and compared with experimental results of Eisenberg and coworkers.


2001 ◽  
Vol 707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harumasa Yoshida ◽  
Tatsuhiro Urushido ◽  
Hideto Miyake ◽  
Kazumasa Hiramtsu

ABSTRACTWe have successfully fabricated self-organized GaN nanotips by reactive ion etching using chlorine plasma, and have revealed the formation mechanism. Nanotips with a high density and a high aspect ratio have been formed after the etching. We deduce from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis that the nanotip formation is attributed to nanometer-scale masks of SiO2 on GaN. The structures calculated by Monte Carlo simulation of our formation mechanism are very similar to the experimental nanotip structures.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuping Sheng ◽  
Yutian Zhu ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Zeyuan Dong

The self-assembly of AB diblock copolymer solutions confined in a cylindrical nanopore is investigated systematically via Monte Carlo simulations.


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