Using the uncertainty principle to design simple interactions for targeted self-assembly
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

We present a method that systematically simplifies isotropic interactions designed for targeted self-assembly. The uncertainty principle is used to show that an optimal simplification is achieved by a combination of heat kernel smoothing and Gaussian screening of the interaction potential in real and reciprocal space. We use this method to analytically design isotropic interactions for self-assembly of complex lattices and of materials with functional properties. The derived interactions are simple enough to narrow the gap between theory and experimental implementation of theory based designed self-assembling materials.

Författare

Erik Edlund

SuMo Biomaterials

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

Oskar Lindgren

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

SuMo Biomaterials

Martin Nilsson Jacobi

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

Journal of Chemical Physics

0021-9606 (ISSN) 1089-7690 (eISSN)

Vol. 139 2 024107- 024107

Ämneskategorier

Fysik

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

DOI

10.1063/1.4812727

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