Molecular tilt on monolayer-protected nanoparticles.

Giomi, L and Bowick, M J and Ma, X. and Majumdar, A. (2012) Molecular tilt on monolayer-protected nanoparticles. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 97 (3). (https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/36005)

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Abstract

The structure of the tilted phase of monolayer-protected nanoparticles is investigated by means of a simple Ginzburg-Landau model. The theory contains two dimensionless parameters representing the preferential tilt angle and the ratio epsilon between the energy cost due to spatial variations in the tilt of the coating molecules and that of the van der Waals interactions which favors the preferential tilt. We analyze the model for both spherical and octahedral particles. On spherical particles, we find a transition from a tilted phase, at small epsilon, to a phase where the molecules spontaneously align along the surface normal and tilt disappears. Octahedral particles have an additional phase at small epsilon characterized by the presence of six topological defects. These defective configurations provide preferred sites for the chemical functionalization of monolayer-protected nanoparticles via place-exchange reactions and their consequent linking to form molecules and bulk materials.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:70890
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    6 February 2012
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    3 January 2012
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    Subjects:Science > Mathematics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics
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    Date deposited:13 Dec 2019 16:31
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/70890
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