title: Kinetics of intermediate-mediated self-assembly in nanosized materials: a generic model.
abstract: We propose in this paper a generic model of a nonstandard aggregation mechanism for self-assembly processes of a class of materials involving the mediation of intermediates consisting of a polydisperse population of nanosized particles. The model accounts for a long induction period in the process. The proposed mechanism also gives insight on future experiments aiming at a more comprehensive picture of the role of self-organization in self-assembly processes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems CP 231, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Blvd. du Triomphe, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. jlutsko@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lutsko
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Basios
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicolis
authors.forename: Tom P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Caremans
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aerts
authors.forename: Johan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Christine E A
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kirschhock
authors.forename: Titus S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: van Erp
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*