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  • Physical Chemistry
  • Colloid Science
  • Computational Chemistry

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  • Solvent-mediated interactions, or depletion forces, drive attraction between objects in solution (e.g., lock-and-key particles, antigen-antibody pairs).
  • Quantifying these interactions is challenging due to their dependence on microscopic solvent structure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an efficient molecular approach for predicting solvent-mediated interactions.
  • To apply this method to understand self-assembly phenomena in colloidal systems.

Main Methods:

  • Combined classical density functional theory (DFT) with a reversible solvation thermodynamic cycle.
  • Examined interactions between nanoparticles and between nanoparticles and rough walls.
  • Interpreted self-assembly of lock-and-key colloidal particles.

Main Results:

  • The approach accurately predicted solvent-mediated interactions, showing good agreement with simulation results.
  • Successfully characterized binding probabilities for lock-and-key colloids across varying depletant concentrations and temperatures.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method offers an efficient route for predicting interactions between objects in fluid systems.
  • Provides a framework for understanding and controlling self-assembly processes based on inter-particle forces.