Phase separation on the sphere: Patchy particles and self-assembly
- Bott, Matthias Christian Soft Matter Theory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Brader, Joseph M. Soft Matter Theory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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05.07.2016
Published in:
- Physical Review E. - 2016, vol. 94, no. 1, p. 12603
English
Motivated by observations of heterogeneous domain structure on the surface of cells, we consider a minimal model to describe the dynamics of phase separation on the surface of a spherical particle. Finite-size effects on the curved particle surface lead to the formation of long-lived, metastable states for which the density is distributed in patches over the particle surface. We study the time evolution and stability of these states as a function of both the particle size and the thermodynamic parameters. Finally, by connecting our findings with studies of patchy particles, we consider the implications for self-assembly in many-particle systems.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 277427
- DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.012603
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/305117
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