Self-assembly of laterally-tethered nanorods.
We report results from a computational study of laterally tethered nanorod "shape amphiphiles". Our simulations predict that the model nanorods self-assemble into stepped-ribbon-like micelles, a centered rectangular stepped-ribbon phase, and two structurally different liquid crystalline bilayer phases: one in which the bilayers have C(mm) symmetry and another in which they have P(2) symmetry. We provide a possible explanation for the transition between the two C(mm) and P(2) liquid crystalline phases.
Horsch
Mark A
MA
Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA.
Zhang
Zhenli
Z
Glotzer
Sharon C
SC
D003198:Computer Simulation; D008823:Micelles; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*
D008823:Micelles