Self-assembly of colloidal particles into strings in a homogeneous external electric or magnetic field

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 46, 2012, Pages

  Smallenburg, Frank ^a   Vutukuri, Hanumantha Rao ^a   Imhof, Arnout ^a   Van Blaaderen, Alfons ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SYSTEM; CHIRAL CLUSTERS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COMPLEX SHAPES; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; LARGE SPHERES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLE PARTICLES; PARAMETER SPACES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SIZE RATIO; SMALL SPHERES;

AGGREGATES; BINARY MIXTURES; COLLOIDS; DIPOLE MOMENT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPHERES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84868309722     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/46/464113     Document Type: Article

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