Monte Carlo simulations of amphiphilic nanoparticle self-assembly

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Davis, Jonathan R ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; MICELLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPHERES;

AMPHIPHILIC; ATTACHED CHAINS; BI LAYERS; CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL MICELLAR CONCENTRATIONS; CUBIC LATTICES; FINITE SIZES; FIRST ORDERS; FLEXIBLE CHAINS; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; HEAD GROUPS; LONG CHAINS; MACROSCOPIC PHASE SEPARATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NEUTRAL CHAINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURES; SOLVOPHOBIC; SOLVOPHOBIC CHAINS; SPHERICAL AGGREGATES; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TWO CHAINS;

AMPHIPHILES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MICELLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

MICELLES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 56849110366     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3009183     Document Type: Article

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