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Karner C, Bianchi E. Anisotropic functionalized platelets: percolation, porosity and network properties. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:443-457. [PMID: 38235098 PMCID: PMC10790971 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00621b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Anisotropic functionalized platelets are able to model the assembly behaviour of molecular systems in two dimensions thanks to the unique combination of steric and bonding constraints. The assembly scenarios can vary from open to close-packed crystals, finite clusters and chains, according to the features of the imposed constraints. In this work, we focus on the assembly of equilibrium networks. These networks can be seen as disordered, porous monolayers and can be of interest for instance in nano-filtration and optical applications. We investigate the formation and properties of two dimensional networks from shape anisotropic colloids functionalized with four patches. We characterize the connectivity properties, the typical local bonding motives, as well as the geometric features of the emerging networks for a large variety of different systems. Our results show that networks of shape anisotropic colloids assemble into highly versatile network topologies, that may be utilized for applications at the nanoscale.
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- Carina Karner
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Wien Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10 A-1040 Wien Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Wien Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10 A-1040 Wien Austria
- CNR-ISC, Uos Sapienza Piazzale A. Moro 2 00185 Roma Italy
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Lisiecki J, Szabelski P. Monte Carlo simulation of the surface-assisted self-assembly of metal-organic precursors comprising phenanthrene building blocks. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Krishnamurthy S, Mathews Kalapurakal RA, Mani E. Computer simulations of self-assembly of anisotropic colloids. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 34:273001. [PMID: 35172296 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac55d6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Computer simulations have played a significant role in understanding the physics of colloidal self-assembly, interpreting experimental observations, and predicting novel mesoscopic and crystalline structures. Recent advances in computer simulations of colloidal self-assembly driven by anisotropic or orientation-dependent inter-particle interactions are highlighted in this review. These interactions are broadly classified into two classes: entropic and enthalpic interactions. They mainly arise due to shape anisotropy, surface heterogeneity, compositional heterogeneity, external field, interfaces, and confinements. Key challenges and opportunities in the field are discussed.
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- Sriram Krishnamurthy
- Polymer Engineering and Colloids Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India
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- Polymer Engineering and Colloids Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India
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- Polymer Engineering and Colloids Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India
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Akimenko SS, Myshlyavtsev AV, Myshlyavtseva MD, Gorbunov VA, Podgornyi SO, Solovyeva OS. Triangles on a triangular lattice: Insights into self-assembly in two dimensions driven by shape complementarity. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:044104. [PMID: 35590604 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.044104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A series of models for reversible filling of a triangular lattice with equilateral triangles has been developed and investigated. There are eight distinct models that vary in the set of prohibitions. In zeroth approximation, these models allow one to estimate the influence of the particles' shape and complementarity of their pair configurations on the self-assembly of dense monolayers formed by reversible filling. The most symmetrical models were found to be equivalent to hard-disk models on the hexagonal lattice. When any contact of hard triangles by vertices is prohibited, the dense monolayers are disordered, and their entropy tends to the constant. If only one pair configuration is prohibited, the close-packed layer appears through the continuous phase transition. In other cases, the weak first-order transition resulting in the self-assembly of close-packed layers is observed.
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- S S Akimenko
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Omsk State Technical University, Mira Avenue 11, Omsk 644050, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Omsk State Technical University, Mira Avenue 11, Omsk 644050, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Omsk State Technical University, Mira Avenue 11, Omsk 644050, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Omsk State Technical University, Mira Avenue 11, Omsk 644050, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Omsk State Technical University, Mira Avenue 11, Omsk 644050, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Omsk State Technical University, Mira Avenue 11, Omsk 644050, Russian Federation
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Monte Carlo Simulations of the Metal-Directed Self-Assembly of Y-Shaped Positional Isomers. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12040492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The rational fabrication of low-dimensional materials with a well-defined topology and functions is an incredibly important aspect of nanotechnology. In particular, the on-surface synthesis (OSS) methods based on the bottom-up approach enable a facile construction of sophisticated molecular architectures unattainable by traditional methods of wet chemistry. Among such supramolecular constructs, especially interesting are the surface-supported metal–organic networks (SMONs), composed of low-coordinated metal atoms and π-aromatic bridging linkers. In this work, the lattice Monte Carlo (MC) simulation technique was used to extract the chemical information encoded in a family of Y-shaped positional isomers co-adsorbed with trivalent metal atoms on a flat metallic surface with (111) geometry. Depending on the intramolecular distribution of active centers (within the simulated molecular bricks, we observed a metal-directed self-assembly of two-dimensional (2D) openwork patterns, aperiodic mosaics, and metal–organic ladders. The obtained theoretical findings could be especially relevant for the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experimentalists interested in a surface-assisted construction of complex nanomaterials stabilized by directional coordination bonds.
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Ustinov EA, Gorbunov VA, Akimenko SS. Thermodynamics of self-assembled molecular layers of trimesic acid from fields-supported kinetic Monte Carlo simulation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:26111-26123. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03380a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A technique has been developed for calculating the thermodynamic characteristics of rigid self-assembled organic adsorption layers and the parameters of polymorphic transitions using two types of external fields and the kinetic Monte Carlo method.
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- Eugene A. Ustinov
- Ioffe Institute, 26 Polytechnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Ioffe Institute, 26 Polytechnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
- Omsk State Technical University, 11 Pr. Mira, Omsk, 644050, Russian Federation
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- Ioffe Institute, 26 Polytechnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
- Omsk State Technical University, 11 Pr. Mira, Omsk, 644050, Russian Federation
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A Matter of Size and Placement: Varying the Patch Size of Anisotropic Patchy Colloids. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21228621. [PMID: 33207624 PMCID: PMC7696828 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Non-spherical colloids provided with well-defined bonding sites—often referred to as patches—are increasingly attracting the attention of materials scientists due to their ability to spontaneously assemble into tunable surface structures. The emergence of two-dimensional patterns with well-defined architectures is often controlled by the properties of the self-assembling building blocks, which can be either colloidal particles at the nano- and micro-scale or even molecules and macromolecules. In particular, the interplay between the particle shape and the patch topology gives rise to a plethora of tilings, from close-packed to porous monolayers with pores of tunable shapes and sizes. The control over the resulting surface structures is provided by the directionality of the bonding mechanism, which mostly relies on the selective nature of the patches. In the present contribution, we investigate the effect of the patch size on the assembly of a class of anisotropic patchy colloids—namely, rhombic platelets with four identical patches placed in different arrangements along the particle edges. Larger patches are expected to enhance the bond flexibility, while simultaneously reducing the bond selectivity as the single bond per patch condition—which would guarantee a straightforward mapping between local bonding arrangements and long-range pattern formation—is not always enforced. We find that the non-trivial interplay between the patch size and the patch position can either promote a parallel particle arrangement with respect to a non-parallel bonding scenario or give rise to a variety a bonded patterns, which destroy the order of the tilings. We rationalize the occurrence of these two different regimes in terms of single versus multiple bonds between pairs of particles and/or patches.
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Karner C, Dellago C, Bianchi E. Design of Patchy Rhombi: From Close-Packed Tilings to Open Lattices. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7806-7815. [PMID: 31580675 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the realm of functional materials, the production of two-dimensional structures with tunable porosity is of paramount relevance for many practical applications: surfaces with regular arrays of pores can be used for selective adsorption or immobilization of guest units that are complementary in shape and/or size to the pores, thus achieving, for instance, selective filtering or well-defined responses to external stimuli. The principles that govern the formation of such structures are valid at both the molecular and the colloidal scale. Here we provide simple design directions to combine the anisotropic shape of the building units-either molecules or colloids-and selective directional bonding. Using extensive computer simulations, we show that regular rhombic platelets decorated with attractive and repulsive interaction sites form specific tilings, going smoothly from close-packed arrangements to open lattices. The rationale behind the rich tiling scenario observed can be described in terms of steric incompatibilities, unsatisfied bonding geometries, and interplays between local and long-range order.
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- Carina Karner
- Faculty of Physics , University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5 , A-1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Faculty of Physics , University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5 , A-1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik , TU Wien , Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10 , A-1040 Wien , Austria
- CNR-ISC, Uos Sapienza , Piazzale A. Moro 2 , 00185 Roma , Italy
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Rżysko W, Nieckarz D, Szabelski P. Modeling of the 2D self-assembly of tripod-shaped functional molecules with patchy interaction centers. ADSORPTION 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-018-9993-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Baran Ł, Borówko M, Rzysko W, Sokołowski S. Self-organisation in two dimensional system involving patchy and isotropic disks. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1554196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Ł. Baran
- Department for the Modelling of Physico-Chemical Processes, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Department for the Modelling of Physico-Chemical Processes, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Department for the Modelling of Physico-Chemical Processes, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Department for the Modelling of Physico-Chemical Processes, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Szabelski P, Rżysko W, Nieckarz D. Dichotomous On-Surface Self-Assembly of Tripod Molecules with Anchor Like Interaction Pattern. Top Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-018-0976-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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