Controlled Self-Assembly of Periodic and Aperiodic Cluster Crystals
Controlled Self-Assembly of Periodic and Aperiodic Cluster Crystals
Soft particles are known to overlap and form stable clusters that self-assemble into periodic crystalline phases with density-independent lattice constants. We use molecular dynamics simulations in two dimensions to demonstrate that, through a judicious design of an isotropic pair potential, one can control the ordering of the clusters and generate …