A fully solvable equilibrium self-assembly process: fine tuning the clusters size and the connectivity in patchy particle systems

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dc.creatorBianchi, Emanuela
dc.creatorLa Nave, Emilia
dc.creatorTartaglia, Piero
dc.creatorSciortino, Francesco
dc.date2007-08-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:23:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:23:38Z
dc.descriptionSelf-assembly is the mechanism that controls the formation of well defined structures from disordered pre-existing parts. Despite the importance of self-assembly as a manufacturing method and the increasingly large number of experimental realizations of complex self-assembled nano aggregates, theoretical predictions are lagging behind. Here we show that for a non-trivial self-assembly phenomenon, originating branched loop-less clusters, it is possible to derive a fully predictive parameter-free theory of equilibrium self-assembly by combining the Wertheim theory for associating liquids with the Flory-Stockmayer approach for chemical gelation.
dc.description18 pages, 5 figures, J. Phys. Chem. B in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1934
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1934
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/136069
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleA fully solvable equilibrium self-assembly process: fine tuning the clusters size and the connectivity in patchy particle systems
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