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Entropic stabilization of tunable planar modulated superstructures
Authors:Engel Michael
Affiliation:Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-2136, USA.
Abstract:The self-assembly of novel [corrected] ordered structures with nanoparticles has recently received much attention. Here we use computer simulations to study a two-dimensional model system characterized by a simple isotropic interaction that could be realized with building blocks on the nanoscale. We find that the particles arrange themselves into hexagonal superstructures of twin boundaries whose superlattice vector can be tuned reversibly by changing the temperature. Thermodynamic stability is confirmed by calculating the free energy with a combination of thermodynamic integration and the Frenkel-Ladd method. Different contributions to the free energy difference are discussed.
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