Microscale modelling of dielectrophoresis assembly processes

This work presents a microscale approach for simulating the dielectrophoresis (DEP) assembly of polarizable particles under an external electric field. The model is shown to capture interesting dynamical and topological features, such as formation chains their incipient aggregation into hierarchical structures. A quantitative characterization in terms number size these structures also discussed. computational could represent viable numerical tool study mechanical properties particle-based materials suggest new strategies enhancing design manufacture.