Self-assembly of three-legged patchy particles into polyhedral cages

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Den Otter, Wouter K ^a   Renes, Marten R ^a   Briels, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; BINDING POTENTIAL; BUILDING BLOCKES; CLATHRINS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; POLYHEDRAL CAGES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; TORSIONAL POTENTIALS; VESICLE FORMATION;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

CLATHRIN; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LIPID;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLATHRIN; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FULLERENES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 77649202728     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/10/104103     Document Type: Article

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