title: Monomer-resolved simulations of cluster-forming dendrimers.
abstract: We present results of monomer-resolved Monte Carlo simulations for a system of amphiphilic dendrimers of the second generation. Our investigations validate a coarse-grained level description based on the zero-density limit effective pair-interactions for low and intermediate densities, which predicted the formation of stable, finite aggregates in the fluid phase. Indeed, we find that these systems form a homogeneous fluid for low densities, which, on increasing the density, spontaneously transforms into a fluid of clusters of dendrimers. Although these clusters are roughly spherical in nature for intermediate densities, more complex structures are also detected for the highest densities considered.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Dominic A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: Bianca M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mladek
authors.forename: Christos N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Likos
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahl
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blaak