TY - JOUR
T1 - Sticky-sphere clusters
AU - Holmes-Cerfon, Miranda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/3/31
Y1 - 2017/3/31
N2 - Nano- and microscale particles, such as colloids, commonly interact over ranges much shorter than their diameters, so it is natural to treat them as "sticky," interacting only when they touch exactly. The lowest-energy states, free energies, and dynamics of a collection of n particles can be calculated in the sticky limit of a deep, narrow interaction potential. This article surveys the theory of the sticky limit, explains the correspondence between theory and experiments on colloidal clusters, and outlines areas where the sticky limit may bring new insight.
AB - Nano- and microscale particles, such as colloids, commonly interact over ranges much shorter than their diameters, so it is natural to treat them as "sticky," interacting only when they touch exactly. The lowest-energy states, free energies, and dynamics of a collection of n particles can be calculated in the sticky limit of a deep, narrow interaction potential. This article surveys the theory of the sticky limit, explains the correspondence between theory and experiments on colloidal clusters, and outlines areas where the sticky limit may bring new insight.
KW - Colloid
KW - Emergence
KW - Free energy
KW - Self-assembly
KW - Sphere packing
KW - Transition rate
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031016-025357
DO - 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031016-025357
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85016720439
SN - 1947-5454
VL - 8
SP - 77
EP - 98
JO - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
JF - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
ER -