title: Self-assembly of laterally-tethered nanorods.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Horsch
authors.forename: Zhenli
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sharon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Glotzer
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008823:Micelles; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles