Quantitative description of the self-assembly of patchy particles into chains and rings

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tavares, José Maria ^a,b   Rovigatti, Lorenzo ^c   Sciortino, Francesco ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARD-CORE REPULSION; LINEAR AGGREGATES; LOW TEMPERATURES; PATCHY PARTICLES; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RING STRUCTURES; WERTHEIM THEORIES;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84866415027     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4737930     Document Type: Article

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