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This study explores colloidal cluster structures using Brownian dynamics simulations. Geometric frustration impacts larger clusters (m≥7) in nonergodic systems, reducing the yield of optimal structures, unlike smaller clusters (m≤5).

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Area of Science:

  • Soft Matter Physics
  • Colloidal Science
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Colloidal systems exhibit complex structures due to competing interactions.
  • Modeling electrostatic charging requires understanding long-ranged repulsion alongside short-ranged attraction.
  • The transition to nonergodic behavior affects cluster formation dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the structure and yield of colloidal clusters with competing interactions.
  • To analyze the role of geometric frustration in cluster formation for varying cluster sizes.
  • To examine the influence of interaction strength and system dynamics (ergodic vs. nonergodic) on cluster assembly.

Main Methods:

  • Brownian dynamics simulations were employed to model a colloidal system.
  • Morse potential simulated short-ranged attraction, while Yukawa potential modeled long-ranged repulsion.
  • Cluster yield was analyzed as a function of interaction strength for specific cluster sizes (m=3-13).

Main Results:

  • For small clusters (m≤5), near 100% yield of maximum-bonded structures was achieved in the nonergodic regime.
  • For larger clusters (m≥7), geometric frustration significantly reduced the yield of optimal structures in the nonergodic regime.
  • Cluster m=6 showed competition between octahedral and C(2v) symmetries, with the latter favored kinetically in nonergodic conditions.

Conclusions:

  • Geometric frustration is a key factor limiting the formation of highly bonded, large colloidal clusters in nonergodic systems.
  • The findings are applicable to systems where a one-component description of interaction potentials is valid.
  • Kinetic trapping and entropic effects influence the preferred structures, especially for specific symmetries like in m=6 clusters.