Phase behavior of repulsive polymer-tethered colloids
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Phase behavior of repulsive polymer-tethered colloids.
We report molecular dynamics simulations of a system of repulsive, polymer-tethered colloidal particles. We use an explicit polymer model to explore how the length and the behavior of the polymer (ideal or self-avoiding) affect the ability of the particles to organize into ordered structures when the system is compressed to moderate volume fractions. We find a variety of different phases whose ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.3273415