Issue 7, 2010

Programmed assembly of metallodielectric patchy particles in external AC electric fields

Abstract

We present unusual microstructures formed by patchy metallodielectric particles under high frequency alternating current (AC) electric fields. These particles assemble into two-directional percolated networks and lattices of unusual symmetry by interactions pre-programmed by their patch size and orientation. Electrostatic simulation results indicate that the assembly pattern of the patchy particles is guided by quadrupolar and multipolar interactions.

Graphical abstract: Programmed assembly of metallodielectric patchy particles in external AC electric fields

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Dec 2009
Accepted
08 Feb 2010
First published
01 Mar 2010

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 1413-1418

Programmed assembly of metallodielectric patchy particles in external AC electric fields

S. Gangwal, A. Pawar, I. Kretzschmar and O. D. Velev, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 1413 DOI: 10.1039/B925713F

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