Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles

Controlled self-organisation of patchy colloidal particles depends mainly on weak forces - reversible electrostatic interactions. Developments in the modelling of patchy particles can help understanding more in-depth the influence of self-assembly systems and predict desired structure formation. Th...

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Main Author: Stankiewicz, Malgorzata
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67111/
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description Controlled self-organisation of patchy colloidal particles depends mainly on weak forces - reversible electrostatic interactions. Developments in the modelling of patchy particles can help understanding more in-depth the influence of self-assembly systems and predict desired structure formation. The report presents the implementation of non-uniform charge distribution with the ability to modelling desired size patches. A range of trends is displayed to demonstrate the reliability and robustness of the model. Following this, a recreation of results, analysis and prediction for experimental work published in 2020 by Mehr et al. is presented. As an additional extension of this project, atomic-scale small systems were explored by applying charged dielectric polarisable particles model. The accuracy of the classical model was investigated, and the ability to approximate neutral atoms and ions was examined.
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spelling nottingham-671112025-02-28T12:26:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67111/ Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles Stankiewicz, Malgorzata Controlled self-organisation of patchy colloidal particles depends mainly on weak forces - reversible electrostatic interactions. Developments in the modelling of patchy particles can help understanding more in-depth the influence of self-assembly systems and predict desired structure formation. The report presents the implementation of non-uniform charge distribution with the ability to modelling desired size patches. A range of trends is displayed to demonstrate the reliability and robustness of the model. Following this, a recreation of results, analysis and prediction for experimental work published in 2020 by Mehr et al. is presented. As an additional extension of this project, atomic-scale small systems were explored by applying charged dielectric polarisable particles model. The accuracy of the classical model was investigated, and the ability to approximate neutral atoms and ions was examined. 2021-12-08 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67111/1/STANKIEWICZ_20300496.pdf Stankiewicz, Malgorzata (2021) Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles. MRes thesis, University of Nottingham. colloids self-assembly patchy particles
spellingShingle colloids
self-assembly
patchy particles
Stankiewicz, Malgorzata
Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
title Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
title_full Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
title_fullStr Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
title_full_unstemmed Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
title_short Computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
title_sort computational modelling of electrostatic interactions between colloidal patchy particles
topic colloids
self-assembly
patchy particles
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67111/